194 Songwriting Quotes for You to Enjoy

Probably most successful songwriters have an innate songwriting ability. Barry Mann

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When I listen to and play the songs from 'Narrow Stairs' now, that record feels like a record where we had established a style that arguably was more our own than it was in the beginning. Going into that record, I felt a lot more confident in my songwriting. It was a fairly prolific time for me. Ben Gibbard

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I'd say, at the end of the day, you know, from a songwriting practice standpoint, you write songs to make yourself feel something true and validating, and cathartic, maybe, and then whoever responds to it is, like, out of your control. Ben Hopkins

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It's easy for me to cry. I'm just emotionally tuned in to stuff. It probably helps with my songwriting. Benji Hughes

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What I do is I really enjoy and appreciate the challenge of songwriting and singing and performing and just being really, really grateful at all times. Also, I have no fear or problems with saying no and setting boundaries, you know, with the label, with my management. Beth Hart

I think that's always the hope - I mean, I can't speak for others, but I think other artists, no matter what type of medium they are using - whether it be from painting to acting to dancing, songwriting, or anything like that - I believe the desire is to get to the truth, and I think it's really hard to tell the truth. Beth Hart

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Finding great songs is the hard part of my gig - it's not as hard as songwriting, that's much more daunting - but I love playing other people's music. Bonnie Raitt

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I bought a Three Dog Night album when I was pretty young, and I remember listening to all those songs. That's just greatly crafted songwriting, and the songs have such great harmonies. I remember marveling over those and trying to figure them out on piano. That was my early education - figuring out records, older records, as a kid. Borns

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Songwriting itself, I don't think you can really teach that. Borns

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My songwriting is so influenced by orchestrated music, dramatic, super glam rock-y stuff. Two of my biggest influences in songwriting were Elton John and Freddie Mercury. Brandi Carlile

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Songwriting is therapeutic for me. Brantley Gilbert

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I've always been insecure about my singing. That's why I've focused so much on my songwriting. Brenda Russell

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A lot of what has pushed me forward is desire, and I have expressed that in my songwriting - perhaps because it's safer! Brian Molko

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The songwriting has never really stepped forward from the '50's. Brian Setzer

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Songwriting is actually a really great outlet. I kind of recommend it. You get to sum up whatever is going on in your life in a song, then perform it really passionately. Bridgit Mendler

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I think songwriting was the biggest way that I found my identity. Camila Cabello

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Fifth Harmony as a group represents more confidence, more girl power, more unity. They're anthems, as opposed to confessional songwriting about one person's life when there are five individual women. Camila Cabello

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I think my favorite thing is songwriting. Carlos Ponce

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There's this existential argument that comes in, at some point, when you're over-thinking the songwriting process. There's no guarantee that the more time you spend or the more you concentrate on certain aspects that that's going to produce a better result, especially in the arts. Chris Cornell

From singing to acting to songwriting to mom to fashion designer! It's been quite an evolution. Christina Milian

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You can't manufacture inspiration, so a lot of it is still a waiting game for me. There's still a lot of mystery to songwriting. I don't have a method that I can go back to - they either come or they don't. Conor Oberst

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