I love telling stories, and I love hearing a good story being told. Songwriting is fascinating in that it incorporates two things that I love to do: create a story and write the music to it. Then I get to sing it and play the piano on top of that. My job ...
Billy Joel
They are without doubt the yardstick by which I judge modern songwriting. Forget that it`s "old".... it has rarely been equalled and even with the Great Pretenders Oasis vying for their crown... it`s not happening. It`s not that I`m a nostalgia freak.... ...
Phil Collins
I feel fortunate that I`ve had a lot of songs recorded by other people, because I take my songwriting very seriously. It`s only those people that have followed me over the years and really know my work that know how serious I am about all of it - includin...
Dolly Parton
Movies and TV are both incredibly gratifying. I treat the work the same. Music, specifically songwriting and music production, are very gratifying as well. (On working in all three mediums)
Anthony Hall
Where I`ve arrived now is the product of mixing the very straight with the very exploratory; there`s a fine line between the two, although it tends to be getting straighter and straighter because my songwriting is getting better.
Andy Partridge
When I make albums, I do a lot of songwriting but not necessarily a whole album. I like to listen to other songs to get a different point of view and to learn. I`m young. I have a lot to learn.
Luis Fonsi
What I took back, because of my exposure to the Jewish music of the 30s and the 40s in my upbringing with my father, was that kind of theatrical songwriting. It was always a part of my character. This desire to make people laugh.
Pete Townshend
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.
Thurston Moore
To me, the only way songwriting works is if you write the truth. It`s the only way it works, period. Where I`m going as a writer, what I`m looking for is an expansion of the truth, finding out more truth - especially about me. It`s easier to write about m...
Pat Green
This song probably has the most memorable melody we`ve ever recorded. I really like how we`re using something so catchy to convey these abstract lyrical ideas I have about songwriting. When I sit down to write a song, I always feel like I`m wading into a ...
Anton Drel
The music is in the lead here, and a large part of this, I have no idea what I`m doing. I feel a closer bond with the craft of songwriting, stronger than I ever have.
Ben Harper
The challenge remains the songwriting, and just trying to continue with songs you feel you can sing every night, and to keep the quality of songs up.
Steve Forbert
Songwriting is a very mysterious process. It feels like creating something from nothing. It`s something I don`t feel like I really control.
Tracy Chapman
My friends and I took songwriting very, very seriously. My hero was and still is Bob Dylan, but also people like Leonard Cohen and Joni Mitchell and that whole generation.
Kazuo Ishiguro
I`ve gone through the village of my songwriting and my artistry, and I`ve gone through lots of different phases, including one where it has been very quiet and abandoned me for a few years.
Carly Simon
I`ve been relying very heavily on my instincts as of late, and my songwriting has come to depend on my ability to surrender to the inspiration whenever it strikes. When I clear my mind and let the music take over, my hands seem to move on their own, and m...
Christine Anderson
I think probably the only thing that is around in these songs is that I was really lonely when I wrote a lot of them. But it was really by my own choosing because I was devoting myself to songwriting and dancing and I wasn`t really going out and seeing pe...
Kate Bush
My songs are basically my diaries. Some of my best songwriting has come out of time when I`ve been going through a personal nightmare.
Gwen Stefani
