“Nowadays it seems to me nobody takes trouble about anything, especially writing songs.” WritingSeemsSongTroubleWriting Songs Author:Marian McPartland
“I have writing songs on my own for about six years.” WritingYearsSongMy OwnSixWriting Songs Author:Joanna Newsom
“The first four and a half years was me in the studio every day, writing songs for other people. I had jobs, too - eleven jobs. I worked at Kinko's, Fatburger, Subway - I was a sandwich artist - and I was a claims processor at Allstate Insurance.” PeopleWritingYearsFirstsJobsArtistSongHalfFourClaimsStudiosSandwichesElevenWriting SongsSubwayHalf A YearProcessors Author:Frank Ocean
“Writing songs is a profession; so it's not an attempt to take things from my interactions with other people and for some reason give them to a total stranger to listen to. I find it offensive to hear other people do that.” PeopleGivingWritingReasonSongStrangerProfessionInteractionOffensiveWriting SongsInteraction With Others Book:Will Oldham on Bonnie Source: Will Oldham on Bonnie
“I'm just writing songs about how I feel or about how people I know feel.” PeopleKnowsFeelsWritingSongWriting Songs Author:Elliott Smith
“Bob Dylan and John Lennon and Bruce Springsteen, these are soul guys. Bruce Springsteen might not sing like Otis Redding, but he sings with white soul. He's singing and he's writing songs from the bottom of his gut.” WritingSoulMightGuySongWhiteSingingBottomGutsBobDylanWriting SongsLennonSpringsteen Author:Robin Thicke
“Writing songs is about trying to connect with people on a deeper spiritual level - but I'm not a fan of contemporary Christian music.” PeopleWritingTryingChristianSpiritualSongLevelsFansDeeperContemporaryWriting SongsChristian MusicContemporary Christian Author:Ryan Tedder
“Music is just a really fun hobby that I do, because I'm actually really good about writing songs and producing. People don't realize this, but I am an excellent writer for artists.” PeopleWritingArtistSongFunRealizingMusic IsExcellentHobbiesWriting Songs Author:Tila Tequila
“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
“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
“Sometimes writing songs is like waiting for deliveries.” WritingSometimesSongWaitingDeliveryWriting Songs Author:Alex Turner
“I realized that I started writing songs to make people feel how I felt, rather than just making them feel something. That's not the way I should do things.” PeopleWayFeelsShouldWritingSongFeltI RealizedWriting Songs Author:Marilyn Manson
“I love writing songs. I love doing my radio show and talking to the fans and listening to what they have to say, but there's a certain responsibility that comes along with being given the gift of music. I take that seriously, but at the same time I try to use it to do something that makes a difference in a positive way.” WayWritingTryingUseShowsCertainSongGivenDifferencesResponsibilityTalkingFansListeningRadioMaking A DifferenceWriting Songs Author:Randy Owen
“It is setting goals and trying to be a business person, but at the same time not losing sight of who you are writing songs for and what your goals are as a songwriter. So believe me, if you think I've got it down I don't it is a constant struggle.” IfsThinkingWritingTryingBelievePersonsSongGoalStruggleLosingSightWho You AreConstantSettingSettingsBelieve In MeSongwritersSetting GoalsWriting SongsBusiness PersonConstant Struggle Author:Christine Lavin
“I feel like writing songs is cheating on acting. It's weird.” FeelsWritingSongActingCheatingWriting Songs Author:Ester Dean
“I've been writing songs on little pieces of paper since I was a little kid, and it's just always been something I've done.” WritingLittlesDoneKidsSongPiecesPaperLittle KidWriting Songs Author:Chris Carmack
“Writing songs for other people was never the goal for me.” PeopleWritingSongGoalWriting Songs Author:Skylar Grey
“We have a tradition of passing our history orally and singing a lot of it and writing songs about it and there's kind of a calling in Irish voices when they're singing in their Irish accent.” WritingKindSongVoiceCallingSingingTraditionPassingPassingsAccentsWriting SongsIrish Accent Author:Sinead O'Connor
“I always loved writing songs - writing for myself and demo-ing songs, really with no intention of ever letting anyone else hear them.” WritingSongIntentionWriting SongsDemos Author:Dave Grohl
“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
“I've always appreciated people like Graham Parker or Loudon Wainwright III, who spend their entire lives writing songs and working their asses off just to have complete artistic freedom. They're just sharing their lives with you through their music. That's the same kind of work that I'm trying to do, in my own weird way.” PeopleWayWritingTryingKindSongMy OwnAssArtisticAppreciatedWriting SongsArtistic Freedom Author:Judd Apatow
“You've got to concentrate on the business of entertaining and writing songs. Always think different from the next person. Don't ever do a song as you heard somebody else do it.” ThinkingWritingPersonsDifferentSongNextPracticeHeardEntertainingWriting SongsThink Different Author:Otis Redding