Quotes of: Song-writing Keyword

If I was writing songs just for me I'd only play them in my living room, alone.

Tori Amos

Keeping the pen out of your hand as much as possible is the best way to write a song, in my estimation. But the pen must come in to tighten it up.

Glen Hansard

I'm always writing songs, and I've got a bunch that I want to record.

Paul McCartney

Instead of slashing my wrists, I just write a bunch of really crummy songs.

Peter Steele

I have a knack for writing tribute songs for people who will never know about them.

Steve Forbert

Whenever I start writing, I try to put together songs that feed the feeling of the movie.

Spike Jonze

It's really such a personal journey, making a record, but even more so writing the songs.

Shania Twain

Singing the songs, writing the lyrics, emotioning the words; that is all I can do for love.

M.F. Moonzajer

The juices never stop flowing. I still write songs.

Randy Owen

I could write songs as bad as Wham's if I really felt the urge to, but what's the point?

Robert Smith

I just like to entertain myself by sitting down and writing songs.

Richard Thompson

The beauty of being a musician is writing songs. That's the best part. It's therapeutic and honest and private.

Gin Wigmore

I would love to make a bunch of country demos and write country songs for really great country singers.

Kathleen Hanna

The hack songwriter will write the absolute truth every single word, whether it makes a great song or not.

Paul Westerberg

I'd love to collaborate and write a song with Will Gallagher from Oasis. I think he's a great songwriter.

Taylor Momsen

I did write a letter to the archdiocese who'd banned the song, Only the Good Die Young, asking them to ban my next record.

Billy Joel

I try to write relevant songs about life and whatever I'm going through and whatever people are going through.

Gary Allan

We all love to sing, and when we sit down to write a song I think it kind of shows itself to us.

Dave Haywood

There is no formula to it. Writing every song is a little journey. The first note has to lift you.

Enya

I don't know if I could write songs if it wasn't for the female race, to be honest with you.

Christian Kane

We'd have made more, but I kept forgetting to write songs down.

Chris Lowe