“It was kind of easier for me to do records that didn't take a year or two years of my life to write and to make.” WritingYearsKindTwoRecordsEasierTwo Years Author:K. D. Lang
“I consider myself a songwriter before anything else. The fact that I have been able to write both of my records and establishing myself as a songwriter is super-important to me. Some people have that gift, where they can take on anything and make people believe it. I like to do a song from personal experience.” PeopleWritingBelieveHas BeensImportantFactsAbleSongRecordsSongwritersPersonal Experiences Author:Kate Voegele
“My main goal as a songwriter is to make something that inspires people. To write things about my life that people can relate to. Whether it's a whole record or just one song for someone, I hope it can do that for them. Knowing that I have the ability to do that is inspiring to me.” PeopleWritingWholeSongGoalCan DoAbilityKnowingRecordsInspireRelateJust OneSongwriters Author:Kate Voegele
“My second album was written while I was on the road promoting the first record. I tried to take my personal experiences and elevate them to universal experiences, so that I wasn't writing songs about living on a tour bus or being on a TV set for the first time.” WritingFirstsSongRecordsWrittenTvsFirst TimeUniversalAlbumsBusPromotingLiving OnWriting SongsPersonal Experiences Author:Kate Voegele
“Any young, aspiring musicians out there, if music is what you want to do, if music is what you love and your passion. It doesn't take a fragrance, it's not about the tabloids, it's about you putting in the work, practicing every day, practicing your vocals, practicing your instrument, practicing songwriting. Hopefully one day you write the song the whole world wants to get down to. I promise you, if you go out there and sing and you put your heart and soul into it and you follow your dream, one day you're going to be sitting next to Ellen DeGeneres talking about how you broke records and rocked the Super Bowl.” WorldWantWritingWholeSongNextTalkingRecordsOne DaySittingWhole WorldHopefullyBrokeBowlsSuper Bowl Author:Bruno Mars
“I don't particularly enjoy standing alone and recording my own voice or my own stuff. It's sometimes fun to do for demos and stuff, but I really enjoy the social act of recording records, because writing it is so lonely. And it has to be.” WritingSometimesFunSocialStuffEnjoyVoiceMy OwnRecordsStandingLonelyDemosStanding AloneSo Lonely Author:Sondre Lerche
“When you're an artist, you can only do your own stuff. Even if you only write for other people, you're really more focused on yourself. So while everybody's out touring, I'm working on records.” PeopleIfsWritingArtistStuffRecordsFocusedTouring Author:Rico Love
“I don't want to do children's music. I write kids songs, but the kids songs I write are for my kids - like when I'm putting them to bed. We sing some song that we made up but I don't want to make a record like that.” WantWritingChildrenMadeKidsSongRecordsBed Author:Black Francis
“It's hard if you're just touring constantly. It's like, "What am I going to write about? I'm in the van, I'm playing another show..." I'm still writing about heartbreak that happened years ago. I don't see the point of writing and putting out another record until I can do something else.” IfsWritingYearsStillsI CanHardShowsCan DoRecordsHappenedYears AgoVansTouringCan Do Something Author:Sharon Van Etten
“A lot of the songs I write are like songs that I've never been able to find on any record, but that I've always wanted to hear. Or maybe in a style I already loved, but I was looking for something in it that I wasn't hearing yet.” WritingAbleWantedSongRecordsStyleHearing Author:Ryan Adams
“I got on the phone with the president of my label and I said, "Obviously, I write songs in a lot of styles and play a lot of different kinds of music. We're getting toward the end of our business collaboration. If you could envision a record that you wanted to hear from me, what kind of record would it be?" It wasn't like asking him to fill an order, it was really just a conversation. For all the things I'd ever asked him, this was one thing I'd never asked, and I don't know why. So I was curious. And the thing that he was most interested in hearing was a solo record.” IfsKnowsWritingKindSaidDifferentEndsPlayWantedSongOrderPresidentRecordsOne ThingStyleConversationAskingPhonesHearingCuriousLabelsCollaborationDifferent KindsSoloDifferent Kinds Of Music Author:Ryan Adams
“The critics have been writing me off for 20 years. That's nothing new. As far as I know I still have plenty of fans and sell lots of records. Do I care what critics say about me? No, and I don't read reviews.” KnowsWritingYearsHas BeensStillsCareRecordsFansCriticismSellsCriticsPlentyReviewsI CareNothing New Author:Madonna Ciccone
“I feel like I'm still learning a lot with writing lyrics. In the beginning, like the first record, I wasn't so aware.” FeelsWritingFirstsStillsRecords Author:Yukimi Nagano
“I've always spent a lot of time on my records with what I think were unique rhythmic approaches... but no one ever writes about your rhythm playing” ThinkingWritingRecordsApproachUniqueRhythm Author:Joe
“This is what I wanted to do from the very beginning: write songs and make records and tour them with a good live band.” WritingWantedSongRecordsBand Author:Christopher Owens