Quotes of: Song-writing Keyword

You can catch a cricket in your hand but its song is all over the field.

Malagasy

The cuckoo comes in April, and stays the month of May; sings a song at midsummer, and then goes away.

Traditional

I say I write to you, but, truth be told, I prefer the American idiom: I write you. I'll write you friends say, as if, in writing, someone could be caused to appear, as if writing were a spell, some form of conjuration. So, I write you to bring you h...

Silent Music

The writing is done on the computer, and the drawing is done by hand. I write, write, write, then I hit the illustration.

Stephan Pastis

The grace of writing is upon me. I love writing. I write daily.

Lailah Gifty Akita

When I'm writing about reality, I'm writing about death. When I'm writing fiction, I'm writing about life.

Ralph Peters

The only way to write is to write. Writers write. And when they’ve written, they write some more.

Jasper Fforde

Never sit staring at a blank page or screen. If you find yourself stuck, write. Write about the scene you're trying to write. Writing about is easier than writing, and chances are, it will give you your way in.

Laini Taylor

I started writing prose before I started writing television. Then 'Breaking Bad' came around, and to me, writing 'Breaking Bad' is like writing a novel each season. So it's been very creatively satisfying writing for the show.

George Mastras

Without inspiration, we’re all like a box of matches that will never be lit.

Chords of Strength: A Memoir of Soul, Song and the Power of Perseverance

Them lady poets must not marry, pal . . . It is a true error to marry with poets / or to be by them.

The Dream Songs: Poems

It is Nature that causes all movement. Deluded by the ego, the fool harbors the perception that says "I did it".

The Bhagavadgita or The Song Divine

I'm quite a particular singer, and I need to feel like I can bite into the song, in a way, to make it my own. You want the challenge of the songs having some attitude.

Neneh Cherry

Just this morning, out of a large memory for songs, and having been obsessed by them since childhood, suddenly, at the age of 84, I thought of a song I hadn't thought of in over 50 years. It came into my head unbidden.

Tom Glazer

Cyndi Lauper's 'Time After Time' was a perfect song. It was so beautiful and so heartfelt. Her vocals were so amazing. And, for me, that was a song I went to when I was feeling sad and wanted to feel even sadder.

Lea Thompson

I love the art form of songwriting. I get to carry a lot of vibes to a lot of people. My songs are all about the human condition, and people will be able to find themselves in my songs.

Glenn Hughes

Imperfect parenting does not cause addiction. If that were so, everyone would be one.

The Joey Song: A Mother's Story of Her Son's Addiction

And in uttering that Excellently executed truth You become an artist too

The Songs of The Gullible Wiseman: The Early Poems of Maddy Kobar, 2008-2013

Birds shouldn't be able to find tears They are the definition of freedom

The Songs of The Gullible Wiseman: The Early Poems of Maddy Kobar, 2008-2013

Achilles’ eyes lift. They are bloodshot and dead. “I wish he had let you all die.

The Song of Achilles

Achilles weeps. He cradles me, and will not eat, nor speak a word other than my name.

The Song of Achilles