Songwriting Quotes - page 5

Great classic music that I've been turned on to has not only inspired and influenced me, but it has had an effect on my songwriting. (Scott Weiland)
Traditional songwriting, to us, is where the experimental nature comes in. We're all involved with so much outside activity with really hardcore, experimental music-making. View quote
Thurston Moore
Songwriting is as much a craft as a talent. View quote
Tom T. Hall
I love music, so if I wasn't singing, I would probably still be working in the music industry. I love songwriting, so I'd probably be a songwriter. View quote
Trey Songz
Country music was the music I was brought up on. It's the music that's closest to my heart and the music that speaks to me the most, and it's always been a big influence on my own songwriting. View quote
Teddy Thompson
I actually write film music because I'm classically trained on the piano so as well as songwriting I also write actual film music that could be used for movies like war movies and love movies. View quote
Vanessa Brown
Faith is a really important part of my life and inspires me in all facets of my life, including my songwriting and my singing. View quote
Vusi Mahlasela
Insatiable', the album, was more of a project, really... it was more like a songwriting excursion and an exclusive deal that hadn't really ever been done that often before... me being like, 'ooh I'm an entrepreneur', rather than 'this is my singing career. View quote
Nadine Coyle
When you have kids, you see life through different eyes. You feel love more deeply and are maybe a little more compassionate. It's inevitable that that would make its way into your songwriting. View quote
Dave Grohl
My songwriting is like extending a hand to the listener. View quote
Dave Grohl
With songwriting I spend a lot of time living life, accruing all these experiences, journaling, and then by the time I get to the studio I'm teeming with the drive to write. (Alanis Morissette)
Songwriting is my way of channeling my feelings and my thoughts. Not just mine, but the things I see, the people I care about. My head would explode if I didn't get some of that stuff out. View quote
Dolly Parton
Each song has its own secret that's different from another song, and each has its own life. Sometimes it has to be teased out, whereas other times it might come fast. There are no laws about songwriting or producing. It depends on what you're doing, not just who you're doing. View quote
Mark Knopfler
The guitar influence that affected my songwriting came from the New Wave of British Heavy Metal. View quote
Dave Mustaine
Raymond Chandler managed to write about L.A. his whole career. Should I keep going writing about New York? Is that what I should be doing? Songwriting doesn't work that way. View quote
Lou Reed
I feel like songwriting is an experiment in empathy. View quote
Zooey Deschanel
Not that there is anything wrong with confessional songwriting, there are plenty of people that do that I admire. I think it is great, it just isn't how I do things. View quote
Zooey Deschanel
I'm definitely a fan of juxtaposition. Using the most beautiful line to say the most horrific thing - I think one of the main things in songwriting is definitely friction between the words and the melody. View quote
Rufus Wainwright
Everything in life influences my music. I've always used songwriting as a means to share what I think is profound. View quote
Jason Mraz
The big problem with songwriting for me is starting a new song. It's the thing where all the anguish exists, not in the writing of the song, but the starting of the new song. View quote
Nick Cave
There's an element to songwriting that I can't explain, that comes from somewhere else. I can't explain that dividing line between nothing and something that happens within a song, where you have absolutely nothing, and then suddenly you have something. It's like the origin of the universe. (Nick Cave)
The idea of songwriting is a transformative thing, and what I do with songwriting is take situations that are quite ordinary and transform them in some way. Apart from things like the murder ballads, the songs I write, at their core, are quite ordinary human concerns, but the process of writing about them transforms them into something else. View quote
Nick Cave
Songwriting, I have to take myself away from everybody to do. It's an unsightly act. View quote
Nick Cave
When a lot of musicians change styles, their songwriting suffers because they want to be different. View quote
Noel Gallagher
The songwriting style, to me, is superior. There was a certain amount of joy in it, no matter how sad the song is. You get joy in listening to these Buddy Holly or Roy Orbison sad lyrics. I'm attracted to songs that have balance between the darks and the lights and giving them all equal opportunity. View quote
M. Ward