I wanted to write a happy song. I didn't know how.
I can't remember writing any of the songs that I've written.
If you write songs you have an idea how they're going to sound.
There's always a special feeling I have while writing any song.
It wasn't my natural inclination to get into writing protest songs.
Miles Davis is one who writes songs when he plays.
This is not a rock opera. This is not Tommy. I can write songs that emote, and that's it.
I have writing songs on my own for about six years.
I didn't write those songs, but I can relate to every one of them... I have.
My other advice is to start writing songs and singing right away.
My song-writing has always been just about my life - usually my worst moments.
If I waited for inspiration every time I sat down to write a song I probably would be a plumber today.
I love writing songs and being a musician, but you can't really buy the feeling of connecting with people.
I've been writing songs since I was 14 years old, and that's my true love.
If I'm not writing songs about things I've actually been through, it ruins the idea of making music to me.
Out of all the artistic things I do, music is the most rewarding because it's so hard to write songs.
You've got to be a really straight man to write a song like 'It's Raining Men.'
Writing songs was like my ticket to the world, I think.
When I was writing 'Shotgun,' it's one of the first songs that's come to me as an image.
(D)ialogue is generally the worst choice for exposition. 'When you're writing lines...you need to focus on the way people actually talk. And when we talk to each other we never actually explain our terms. We don't say 'Sweetheart, would you pass me t...
I want to sell to people my own age, because that's the way I write songs.
