Quotes about Writing Songs

Writing songs is a trade like anything else. Votes: 4

Writing songs is cheaper than going to therapy. Votes: 3

Writing songs for other people was never the goal for me. Votes: 3

Writing songs is super intimate. It's a bit like getting naked. Votes: 3

Writing songs has a therapeutic effect, and it either kills off love or wins the heart of the lover. Votes: 3

Writing songs, that's what gets me going. Not the drugs or the sex or the rock'n'roll behaviour, it's the music. Votes: 3

Writing songs and looking for ideas is like blinking my eyes. It's an involuntary muscle. I do it without thought. Votes: 3

Writing songs is like capturing birds without killing them. Sometimes you end up with nothing but a mouthful of feathers. Votes: 3

Writing songs is really about writing. It's not about necessarily focusing on one particular style or making it one particular thing. Votes: 3

Nothing makes me happier than writing a song that I think is good or that I want to play. Writing songs helps me. Votes: 3

Writing songs about fancying people in dance clubs is all very well but it's not the be-all and end-all. There are other topics. Votes: 3

Writing songs about fancying people in dance clubs is all very well but it's not the be-all and end-all. There are other topics. Votes: 3

Writing songs is about trying to connect with people on a deeper spiritual level - but I'm not a fan of contemporary Christian music. Votes: 3

Writing songs about it is a really useful way for me to love New York more, and stay observing it, and not just zone it out. Votes: 3

I have always been fascinated by dark and mysterious stuff. I guess I have a pretty dark and gloomy side. Writing songs saves me from going completely gonzo. Votes: 3

Writing songs always trumps whatever else was on the schedule, it really is the most important and can be so fickle, you have to grab it when it's there. Votes: 3

The piano has been my friend all my life; it has always comforted me. Writing songs and sitting down at the piano is not only a business, it's a hobby I enjoy. Votes: 3

Writing songs has always been hard and easy. It's not always easy when you want it to be, and then sometimes it's just like turning on the faucet. That's just the nature of it. Votes: 3

Writing songs is not something I wanted to share with people for a long time. It was precious to me. I didnt want someone to crush it. I waited until I felt strong enough to take the criticism. Votes: 3

Writing songs is not something I wanted to share with people for a long time. It was precious to me. I didn't want someone to crush it. I waited until I felt strong enough to take the criticism. Votes: 3

Writing songs with Brian and performing them with Al Jardine, Dennis Wilson, Carl Wilson, David Marks, Bruce Johnston and many other brilliant musicians over the years is my legacy, and something of which I am very proud and protective. Votes: 3

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. Votes: 3

Writing songs does not get any easier, and that might be because I am harder on myself than I was twenty years ago. Hopefully, as we grow older and change, there are fresh topics, new perspectives, or at least there should be. Votes: 3

The easiest thing I do is assignment songs. They tell me what they need me to write. I can do that fairly quickly. Writing for an orchestra is difficult. Writing songs [on your own] is most difficult of all. Though [writing for] the orchestra is close. Votes: 3

Writing songs is an essential part of my life: my mother teaches piano, and I have inherited my grandparents' passion for music, especially from my grandfather Tommy, who was a great drummer. It's no coincidence that I play the drums best, but I am also good with the guitar and the piano. Votes: 3

Writing songs out of my faith was a real natural progression. I grew up singing in my dad's choir and singing with my family. Christian music became the music that I identified myself with and was a way that I expressed my faith. Even at a public school I would take my Christian music in and play it for my friends. Votes: 3

I love writing songs. Votes: 2

I started writing songs at 17. Votes: 2

I started writing songs at age 15. Votes: 2

I really, really like writing songs. Votes: 2

I really didn't think about song writing. Votes: 2

That's what my life is, writing songs. Votes: 2

I love writing songs. I'm a songwriter. Votes: 2

There are no rules to writing a song. Votes: 2

I started writing songs when I was eight. Votes: 2

Originally I was not writing songs for myself. Votes: 2

I really enjoy the therapeutic value of writing songs. Votes: 2

I started writing songs when I started learning guitar. Votes: 2

I'm enjoying writing songs that are more stripped back. Votes: 2

I'd like to be writing songs for other people - I just like writing songs. Votes: 2

We still play Foreigner songs. I play the songs that I was involved in writing. Votes: 2

Writing a song is actually quite easy. Writing a good one is very, very difficult. Votes: 2

The actual writing of a song usually comes in the form of a realisation. I can't contrive a song. Votes: 2

Singing was probably my first love, and song writing. I write a lot of love songs and heartbreaking songs. Votes: 2

Guys like Otis Blackwell and Bobby Darin, and all the guys who were writing songs for Elvis at the time, just hanging around, writing songs, talking about music. Votes: 2

I've always been into writing love songs. Votes: 0

Right now I really enjoy writing songs. Votes: 0

I'm not done writing songs about you yet. Votes: 0

There's hundreds of different ways of writing songs. Votes: 0

Sometimes writing songs is like waiting for deliveries. Votes: 0

Originally I was not writing songs for myself Votes: 0

I started writing songs after I heard Hank Williams. Votes: 0

I love writing songs where the name is the title. Votes: 0

I've been writing songs since I was a wee child. Votes: 0

I have writing songs on my own for about six years. Votes: 0

I'll be writing songs till I die. There's just no question. Votes: 0

I feel like writing songs is cheating on acting. It's weird. Votes: 0

I've been writing and composing songs since I was 5 years old. Votes: 0

It wasn't my natural inclination to get into writing protest songs. Votes: 0

People shout out for songs and I don't even remember writing them. Votes: 0

I'm not writing just classic-sounding songs, but songs that come from experience. Votes: 0

I didn't disappear; I started writing songs and worked behind the scenes. Votes: 0

I'm writing songs with the hope someone can get behind my feeling. Votes: 0

I just like to entertain myself by sitting down and writing songs. Votes: 0

My other advice is to start writing songs and singing right away. Votes: 0

I don't want to be known for anything other than writing songs. Votes: 0

I love making records; I love making music; I love writing songs. Votes: 0

I like the process of writing songs. It makes me feel good. Votes: 0

I've always been a fan of just writing songs and making music. Votes: 0

The flattery is nice, but awards don't add up to writing quality songs. Votes: 0

We were writing songs about girls when we still thought girls had cooties. Votes: 0

Being a producer is a very different experience than writing my own songs. Votes: 0

I usually can be more honest writing songs than actually talking to people. Votes: 0

I'm not really one to be on camera, I'd rather be writing songs. Votes: 0

Nowadays it seems to me nobody takes trouble about anything, especially writing songs. Votes: 0

I am writing better Stephen Sondheim songs than even Stephen Sondheim is writing. Votes: 0

I'm always writing songs, and I've got a bunch that I want to record. Votes: 0

I've been writing songs since I was 14 years old, and that's my true love. Votes: 0

As a teenager I was obsessed with music and with writing and performing songs. Votes: 0

Yeah, I've been interested in music since I was a teenager, always writing songs. Votes: 0

Yeah, Under The Table And Dreaming shaped the way that I think about writing songs. Votes: 0

I like singing all songs, really, but I find that writing social commentary comes naturally. Votes: 0

I'm just writing songs about how I feel or about how people I know feel. Votes: 0

I was writing songs because I needed them, songs about trusting God in difficult circumstances. Votes: 0

In writing songs, I've learned as much from Cezanne as I have from Woody Guthrie. Votes: 0

Well, I'd had the Fat Mattress earlier as a writing outlet for songs and that. Votes: 0

I don't write songs apart from theatrical pieces. I'm not interested in writing songs qua songs. Votes: 0

I'm not going to hurt anybody other than that dick who keeps writing songs about me. Votes: 0

I was probably 7 years old when I started playing the guitar and writing some serious songs. Votes: 0

It's really such a personal journey, making a record, but even more so writing the songs. Votes: 0

It's been an objective of mine since I started writing songs to include both intellect and energy. Votes: 0

I write about heartbreak because I like writing about sad things, but I'm writing happy songs, too! Votes: 0

The people who are making money are the ones who are writing and singing their own songs. Votes: 0

I've been writing a lot of songs in twos, songs that are like twins in my mind. Votes: 0

If I was writing songs just for me I'd only play them in my living room, alone. Votes: 0

I picked up the guitar at 11, but even before then, I was writing songs on the organ. Votes: 0

I really wish I knew what I was doing because I'd be writing hit songs every minute. Votes: 0

The most important thing is writing songs that resonate and giving people a chance to listen to them. Votes: 0

I had made all these rules for myself: I'm not writing social commentary, I'm not writing love songs. Votes: 0

A songwriter writes songs all the time, whereas just writing a song can be done by anyone, anytime. Votes: 0

It's rather mystifying when you think about writing songs - where they come from, and how they're born. Votes: 0

It's striking how commercially viable that impulse for instant intimacy is right now, especially in songs and writing. Votes: 0

When I was 11, I decided to start rapping, playing guitar, and writing songs. Everything really blossomed from there. Votes: 0

I wrote songs with the guys from Air Supply for their record... So I was just writing songs. Votes: 0

My mother bought a piano, put it in the front room, and I just started writing my songs. Votes: 0

I'll have to get people to write songs for me right now until my own writing comes around. Votes: 0

Instead of writing songs for girls, I tend to write albums, which I guess is a bit weird. Votes: 0

I also started writing songs because I had this burning activity in my heart and had to express myself. Votes: 0

I've sung a lot of emotional songs, but when you're writing it's very difficult to decide what to reveal. Votes: 0

If I could give you one line about writing worship songs, it would be ‘Sing your prayers.' Votes: 0

The beauty of being a musician is writing songs. That's the best part. It's therapeutic and honest and private. Votes: 0

When I was writing 'Shotgun,' it's one of the first songs that's come to me as an image. Votes: 0

If you want to grow in writing songs that will express the wonders of God, immerse yourself in God. Votes: 0

I do like writing songs in a band. When it's rock, it's such a different kind of dynamic, obviously. Votes: 0

When I start writing songs and it turns into an overly belabored intellectual process, I just throw it out. Votes: 0

Be encouraged. Your heart is writing a poem on the world and it's being turned into a thousand songs. Votes: 0

I've always been in bands writing songs with friends in order to play shows or record a future record. Votes: 0

I love writing songs and being a musician, but you can't really buy the feeling of connecting with people. Votes: 0

I didn't really start writing music or lyrics or turning them into songs until I went to San Francisco. Votes: 0

Music is my work, writing songs is my work, touring is my work, going into the studio is my work. Votes: 0

If I'm not writing songs about things I've actually been through, it ruins the idea of making music to me. Votes: 0

I'm still writing songs but leaving them a lot more open and not trying to control every nuance of it. Votes: 0

I like writing songs - I keep saying that one day I'll do something with them, but I haven't yet. Votes: 0

When I'm old I shall give up writing the big stuff and shall wander round the park thinking of songs. Votes: 0

The songs keep on writing themselves, and I really love them. It's as close as I get to a religion. Votes: 0

I think when I was younger I was not very good at writing love songs that didn't have a twist. Votes: 0

When I feel like every day when I get up I'm writing songs, that's the time to make a record. Votes: 0

I have four shelves covered with journals that I've written. Dad and I are writing songs together. I've probably written 100 songs. Votes: 0

I've just been recording mostly acoustic stuff, drums, and sax, and electric guitar. I'm just still writing songs and what not. Votes: 0

I've written some poetry, but... songs have to be more poetic, and I've really gotten to this non-poetic sort of writing. Votes: 0

The idea of writing songs because you're depressed and you need to communicate it somehow, that isn't really true for me. Votes: 0

Sometimes, what probably makes writing songs really easy is that I've generally been attracted to situations that aren't always the healthiest. Votes: 0

I'm probably writing music now for the same reason as I started writing songs when I was 14 - to meet women. Votes: 0

I think there are people out there writing original bluegrass songs, but it's hard to get them out on the air. Votes: 0

If prolific is writing a lot of songs, I'm that. If it's writing a lot of good songs, I'm something else. Votes: 0

My favourite thing in the world, apart from my wife and kids, is writing songs. Ever since I was a kid. Votes: 0

I have been writing songs since I was 9 years old, so writing has and always will be my first love and passion. Votes: 0

Writing the songs and producing the songs and arranging them and recording them is your canvas and your palette and your brush. Votes: 0

I think when you're writing songs, it's impossible to not draw on personal experiences, whether it be traveling or girls, or anything. Votes: 0

When I write, I'm writing as a fan, and trying to come up with songs that I would want to listen to. Votes: 0

Even when I interviewed bands, it was about asking them about writing songs, so it was more for me than anybody else. Votes: 0

I love not being in charge of writing all the songs, and being the front person - the whole thing is cool. Votes: 0

All my records have been written to be records, rather than writing a group of songs and seeing if they fit together. Votes: 0

I ended up writing songs by taking stock of all the different events in my life, but all those songs were bad. Votes: 0

Music is the first thing I ever cared greatly about. I've been singing and writing songs since I was six or seven. Votes: 0

I like writing songs. I like the camarderie of the and. I like touring. I love playing bass. And then there's free beer. Votes: 0

I started writing songs, I guess, when I was about 13 or 14, but I didn't know if they were good enough yet or anything. Votes: 0

Even when I'm in quite a happy state of mind, I like writing really sad songs. I think a lot of people do. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

Yoga introduced me to a style of meditation. The only meditation I would have done before would be in the writing of songs. Votes: 0

I've always tried to get around writing love songs, I guess because I've always had a hard time saying, 'I love you.' Votes: 0

You're not going to die," I told her, lifting my head to look at her. "I'm not done writing songs about you yet. Votes: 0

I always loved writing songs - writing for myself and demo-ing songs, really with no intention of ever letting anyone else hear them. Votes: 0

I don't really need to stand out, there's room for everyone. Although I haven't built a niche yet, I'm just writing love songs. Votes: 0

The first time I learned how to play, my guitar was out of tune. I didn't know it; I just started writing songs. Votes: 0

In 2008, I was more just thinking about using the touchscreen for writing the songs. From there I started thinking about how I visualised music. Votes: 0

Don't try to follow any trends, just concentrate on writing great songs and knowing your instrument. All the other stuff will fall into place. Votes: 0

There have always been jokes all over our songs; I originally started writing lyrics to make my friends crack a smile, which is difficult. Votes: 0

I can't imagine ever not making music, making albums, writing songs, doing shows. That's all I really know, and that's all I really do. Votes: 0

I think when you're writing songs, it's impossible to not draw on personal experiences, whether it be traveling or girls or anything. Just emotions. Votes: 0

We've always been a band who's taken forever to do things. After writing 'Persona' I think we wrote about four songs in three years! Votes: 0

My creative process involves reading books and magazines, writing outside, and moving around a lot. I like to pace around when I'm writing songs. Votes: 0

Well, I started writing songs about three years ago when I learned to play the guitar, but I've been singing since I was eleven. Votes: 0

I love to play guitar. I've been writing my own songs on the axe since I was nine years old. I suck at leads. Votes: 0

I always saw songwriting as the top of the heap. No matter what else you were going to do creatively...writing songs was king Votes: 0

I find writing songs hard, because it does not come naturally to me. I never set out to be a songwriter or a singer. Votes: 0

I could write songs about politics, but I'm conscious of not writing songs that sound the same as the ones I wrote 30 years ago. Votes: 0

I'm always writing new songs and doing them live, and I may do it for a week or two, and then never do it again. Votes: 0

When I was writing songs, I always thought I'd make more of a career out of the drawings, the comics even more than the music. Votes: 0

To me, there are 3 parts of the album process: writing, recording, and my favorite part: getting to sing the songs with the fans every night. Votes: 0

I'm writing a record of comedy songs. I'm doing all these collaborations with artists. I bring them lyrics and they write the music to it. Votes: 0

I didn't really want to write just lyrics, but I wanted to meet Leonard Bernstein. Music was always the first reason I was writing songs. Votes: 0

My overnight success was really 15 years in the making. I'd been writing songs since I was 6 and playing in bands and performing since I was 14. Votes: 0

My songs tend to be about love. It drives some of the greatest songs. I'm looking forward to seeing what people make of my writing. Votes: 0

I didn't really know what I was doing when I started. I just started writing songs. After two songs I just continued to explore it. Votes: 0

All of my records have been very personal, just writing more and more songs, you get better at being able to say what you feel. Votes: 0

I tried to write poems in rhyme. I tried writing songs. Sometimes I jotted down a thought. I would keep a log of spontaneous thoughts. Votes: 0

I have been writing songs and poems since I was a little girl. I started writing short scripts, which evolved into the idea for a book. Votes: 0

The better I get at writing songs, the harder it seems to be to relate to people. But when I get on stage, I'm extremely happy. Votes: 0

When I started writing songs, I was doing it for myself and a small circle of friends. And gradually, over the years, an audience became involved. Votes: 0

I like writing songs all females can relate to - songs about when you're a chick and you get your heart broken and you go shopping. Votes: 0

I figure I wrote 37 songs in 20 years, and that's not exactly a full-time job. It wasn't that I was writing and writing and writing and quit. Votes: 0

Early in my songwriting career, when I was learning a lot about writing songs, I'd force myself to sit down until I came up with something. Votes: 0

You know, I've sung a lot of emotional songs in my life, but when you're writing it yourself, it's very difficult to decide what to reveal. Votes: 0

Even before I started writing songs, that was one of my goals to be a writer, and I still have that goal. I've just gotten sidetracked. Votes: 0

I don't separate writing songs from poetry and short fiction. In the area where I work in my house, there's a word processor and a guitar. Votes: 0

I'm blessed, because I enjoy every part of my life. I enjoy writing songs. I've been trying to write songs since I was five years old. Votes: 0

Singing always came naturally but the writing side is something I have always had to work hard at to get from good songs to great songs. Votes: 0

I felt kind of bored at the prospect of writing some more of my own songs because I really wasn't saying what I wanted to say. Votes: 0

In writing the autobiography, I can really chuckle when I look at the songs. I was acting out the part. I saw myself as a victim. Votes: 0

One of the remarkable things about love is that, despite very irritating people writing poems and songs about how pleasant it is, it really is quite pleasant. Votes: 0

I'm really interested in starting to write my own songs. I never really did, but hopefully I will because I'm so interested in writing my own songs. Votes: 0

Then l learned to play guitar and l started writing songs and my mother formed for me a publishing business, so we started publishing and managing artists. Votes: 0

I remember writing 'All I Want Is You' and hoping it would get me out of trouble. I haven't stopped writing songs or getting into trouble since. Votes: 0

I love working and writing new songs. But sometimes you need to wait, to have something in your mind, and then you can let yourself play music. Votes: 0

I think that, when you're writing your songs, there's always a debate about whether, is that you in the song? Is it not you in the song? Votes: 0

It varies, I don't think there is any one set way of writing songs or coming up with ideas, it comes in so many ways you know. Votes: 0

I never stopped writing music, I just stopped writing songs. I've been writing music continually ever since the last album of original tunes, "River Of Dreams" in '93. Votes: 0

I tried to stick with what I knew best, which is writing rock n' roll songs and melodies. I am as passionate as I was when I was 20. Votes: 0

Right now I feel so inspired, it's hard to believe. I've written about 20 songs in the last two days. I'd gone about four months without writing a thing. Votes: 0

Guys like Otis Blackwell and Bobby Darin, and all the guys who were writing songs for Elvis at the time, just hanging around, writing songs, talking about music. Votes: 0

The reason you write [songs] is because there's something you want to say that is important to you - enough to go through all the torture of writing. Votes: 0

I've always written songs that were confessional, acoustic, wordy - my writing style matches my personality. The music always has to match the mouth it comes out of. Votes: 0

I started writing songs when I was a little kid actually. I wrote a song about Catwoman and I wrote a song about Leprechauns, as a little kid. Votes: 0

My kids don't really like when I sing for some reason...but they like when I play guitar. So I started writing songs just playing guitar for them. Votes: 0

You want songs to sound cohesive with the other songs on the record but when you first start writing you just want to write to tell the truth. Votes: 0

You need to get outside of your comfort zone to write songs that are interesting, songs that are compelling, songs that are different from what other people are writing. Votes: 0

[My mother] is much more musical, and by the time I started writing songs - by the time I was about 17 - she started to believe in me, musically. Votes: 0

If you're writing songs by yourself, who's going to tell you if it's good or not? But if you're writing songs with somebody else, you get that immediate feedback. Votes: 0

If I can't sing them myself, there's nothing better than writing songs for other people and watching them be performed. It's kind of more thrilling than doing it yourself. Votes: 0

I think I had actually served my apprenticeship as a writer of fiction by writing all those songs. I had already been through phases of autobiographical or experimental stuff. Votes: 0

I compose my own stuff. I've been writing songs with words. I've been playing more on the keyboard because I can transpose it to sheet music on the computer. Votes: 0

I hope people hear my songs and realize that writing music is kind of easy, or that taking your sadness and turning it into a beautiful song is worthwhile. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

I'm always in that mode - whenever I have a little free time, I'm always recording songs, writing, whatever I gotta do. It's like my job is my vacation. Votes: 0

I always try to write a song, I never just want to write a record. Originally I was not writing songs for myself. Songwriting is my gift from God. Votes: 0

If I were a writer and not a singer in 10 years, I don't know how I'd feel about writing really personal songs and getting someone else to sing them. Votes: 0

Im always in that mode - whenever I have a little free time, Im always recording songs, writing, whatever I gotta do. Its like my job is my vacation. Votes: 0

I don't feel comfortable doing interviews. My profession is music, and writing songs. That's what I do. I like to do it, but I hate to talk about it. Votes: 0

I grew up writing songs in my room on GarageBand, and I would make the beats just out of layering my vocals over and over again. Very Imogen Heap-inspired. Votes: 0

When I write songs, I try to remove myself a little bit. Obviously they're very personal to me, but it feels easier if I feel like I'm writing characters. Votes: 0

I don't have a special place or ritual for writing songs, basically I write songs whenever an idea hits me, in my hotel room, on the road, in the plane. Votes: 0

It must have been when I was 14 or 15 that I started tentatively writing songs and was able to convey an emotion and a lyric with what I wanted to say. Votes: 0

Music for me is this thing that's sort of saved my life over the course of my whole life, whether it be writing songs or listening to other people's stuff. Votes: 0

When I stopped trying to write songs, that's when I'm able to begin writing songs. You have to just use your life, and the things around you for your inspiration. Votes: 0

I started writing songs by myself. That always came from whatever I was feeling and being honest about that because I never had any intention of anyone ever hearing them. Votes: 0

I started to work up in my old bedroom, playing, writing songs, and it somehow came to me that I could introduce soul music. Nobody seemed to be doing that. Votes: 0

If I find myself just not feeling like writing songs anymore, I think I'll drop it. There's enough bad, insincere music out there. I don't need to contribute to that. Votes: 0

The real challenge of writing songs isn't just writing a bunch of parts - like a verse, chorus, verse - but making something that flows together, that brings you back. Votes: 0

I'm a 50-year-old guy making music for over 20 years. I've been writing songs since I was 20, so it's really been 30 years, and it's always been personal, but I've always told stories. Votes: 0

I'm a creative person and I use painting, acting, writing, writing songs, or whatever, as tools to just get a point across, in order to communicate a story or an emotion. Votes: 0

When I was young, I just sat down and started playing Chopsticks at the piano. I got so far and then lost interest. Eventually, I regained it and started writing songs. Votes: 0

I've been writing songs since I was 10 years old and always had a penchant for rhyming. I started listening to hip hop through my friends and fell in love with it. Votes: 0

I went to Morocco, joined a band called Pegasus, ran out of money, went to Gibraltar and worked on the docks, writing songs about the sun and the morning and the birds. Votes: 0

I've been writing songs since I was like six or seven. I've been writing poetry and short stories and stuff, but my first serious, serious song, I wrote when I was fourteen. Votes: 0

Breaking up monotony is key to life and it doesn't matter whether I'm stacking shelves or writing songs, if I was doing the same thing every day I just couldn't take it. Votes: 0

Idol has pretty much taken me out of my recording and out of my choreography. I have managed to slip in some choreography jobs. And I've been writing songs for other artists. Votes: 0

I'm used to writing songs and songs-I can fill em up with symbolism and metaphors. When you write a book (Chronicles, Vol. 1), you gotta tell the truth, and it can't be misinterpreted. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

Sometimes you're trapped in writing songs and you don't have enough distance from what you do anymore and you need the talent and the years of other people to come and jump in. Votes: 0

The drumming helps a lot when I'm producing songs or writing songs. My knowledge of drums helps more in that aspect, (although) I don't know, man; I'm not great at any of them. Votes: 0

I have enjoyed writing songs for so long... it felt like in order to make music that I could relate to myself, I would have to be a part of the writing process. Votes: 0

Heartbreak can definitely give you a deeper sensibility for writing songs. I drew on a lot of heartbreak when I was writing my first album, I didn't mean to but I just did. Votes: 0

With anything I do, it's hard to categorize it. With any project, I just go in and blindly start writing songs and then find out which way we want to go with it. Votes: 0

I love what I do. I made my first record in '57. I don't think I'll ever get tired of making records and writing songs and singing and being in the music business. Votes: 0

My brother says that I was writing songs about fate while he was off playing soccer. Now I tell him he's 33 and being a professional while I'm playing soccer with my friends. Ha! Votes: 0

I think I'm in a really nice position, where I'm sure I could do another show if I wanted to do one, but right now the main thing in my mind is writing songs. Votes: 0

I've been writing songs all along, and since moving to Nashville in the late-'80s, I'd begun writing something like 15-20 songs a year, instead of the typical three or four in previous years. Votes: 0

But when I started writing songs, I stopped painting completely, and the only art things I do are connected to the career, like album sleeves and, to some extent, posters and things like that. Votes: 0

I probably spent more time listening to albums than writing songs. But I think that gave me all the tricks in terms of wordplay, from how I pronounced my words to the actual delivery. Votes: 0

I can imagine moving out to the seaside at some point. I like Brighton, my sister lives there. I'm a seaside boy and whenever I go there, I find myself writing songs about it. Votes: 0

We always feel pretty creative as far as writing songs. We write them together; we just get in a room, or on occasion in Flea's garage. We just sort of improvise, like jazz musicians. Votes: 0

I remember those days right after I graduated from college. All I had to do was wake up in the morning and think about writing songs. It's not like that anymore, needless to say. Votes: 0

I don't really pursue writing songs for other people. I guess one of the things I always think about is a good line in a song should be something I can hear myself saying. Votes: 0

I wrote 'Happy Man' with a couple of boys of mine. I have been writing in Nashville for a long time. Of course I was writing songs back in Oklahoma when I was a kid. Votes: 0

I feel the only way I can survive is to spend a lot of time writing songs. I have to have incredible, killer songs that also are hits, or I just don't have a chance. Votes: 0

In this world of doubt, one thing is certain for me; that I will go on writing songs up to and - I hope, through heavenly means or diabolical - beyond the day I die. Votes: 0

I really had a great time working with 'Modest Mouse,' just because of the people. I loved writing songs with Isaac Brock, and Jeremiah Green is probably my favorite musician that I've worked with. Votes: 0