“I started playing guitar and writing songs when I was 15. I think what mainly sparked my interest was just the fact that I grew up listening to Cheryl King, Joni Mitchell, and James Taylor, and was just always inspired by that sort of organic art, and organic songs and just very natural songwriting that came out of some of those artists.” ThinkingWritingArtFactsArtistSongInterestNaturalListeningGrewKingsGrew UpInspiredGuitarSongwritingWriting SongsPlaying Guitar Author:Kate Voegele
“Well mostly in song writing my experience is that there isn't so much inspiration as hard work. You sit there for hours, days and weeks with a guitar and piano until something good comes.” WritingWellsHardInspirationSongHoursWeekHard WorkGuitarPiano Author:Bjorn Ulvaeus
“I do write. I actually do want to start my music as well. My sister and I are starting a band. I've been playing a guitar for nine years, and she plays piano, and we sing together. We're going to start up something soon. I mostly am writing songs right now actually, but I would love to write a script someday.” WantWritingYearsWellsPlayTogetherSongRight NowBandGuitarStartingScriptsNinePianoSomedayMy SisterWriting SongsNine Years Author:Kaitlyn Dever
“My goal from the very beginning was just to write good songs that don't require any production to be felt or understood. I wanted to be able to sit in a room with a guitar and play the song from beginning to end and have it be as impactful as if you heard the studio version with all the bells and whistles.” IfsWritingEndsPlayAbleWantedSongFeltGoalRoomsHeardUnderstoodGuitarProductionsStudiosVersionsBells Author:Madonna Ciccone
“If I ever get some free time I end up thinking about what to make next. I don't pick up a guitar and start playing the songs I already know; I immediately try to write a riff.” IfsThinkingKnowsWritingTryingEndsSongNextPicksGuitarFree Time Author:Chaz Bundick
“When I write in the studio, I tend to gravitate toward the ability to play really loud, aggressive, post-punk stuff, with big, heavy guitars and a big rock drum sound.” WritingPlayBigsStuffSoundAbilityRocksGuitarStudiosHeavyPostsLoudAggressivePunk Author:Tom DeLonge
“Music to me is spontaneous, writing is spontaneous and it's all based on not trying to do it. From beginning to end, whether it's writing a song, or playing guitar, or a particular chord sequence, or blowing a horn, it's based on improvisation and spontaneity.” WritingTryingEndsSongParticularGuitarSpontaneousSequenceChordsHornsSpontaneityImprovisationPlaying Guitar Author:Van Morrison
“When I write a song, I always start on acoustic guitar, because that's a good test of a song, when it's really open and bare. You can often mislead yourself if you start with computers and samples and programming because you can disguise a bad song.” IfsWritingSongComputerTestsGuitarProgrammingDisguiseMisleadAcousticsSampleAcoustic Guitar Author:Martin Gore