194 Songwriting Quotes for You to Enjoy

The tricky thing about songwriting is that, more often than not, what you consider to be your best work generates a collective shrug, and something you've simply tossed off bowls people over. Dan Hill

My songwriting is like extending a hand to the listener. Dave Grohl

Songwriting Like Hand Listener Extending

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. Dave Grohl

I would like to work with Ed Sheeran at some point. I really admire his songwriting, and I just think he has a great voice and great artistry. Who else? On the producer side of things, definitely Diplo: that'd be awesome. Daya

I was invited to L.A. when I was 16 for a weekend-long songwriting session by a writer I had met through my voice teacher in Pittsburgh. My first hit, 'Hide Away,' was one of the songs written during those sessions. It was played for a radio rep who then started a new label; the song got a pretty organic start at radio and then took off. Daya

Teacher Song Hide First Met Organic Took Those Pretty Voice Through Writer Had Songs Written Songwriting Invited New Got Rep Off Label Hit Pittsburgh Then Who Radio Away Played Start Started Session

I think you can't really beat Bob Marley, especially the stuff he was doing with Lee Perry. Just that kind of clubby and dark and crazy stuff, even with the Wailers... Some of the songwriting was phenomenal. Diplo

Songwriting is a burst of inspiration and then a long bit of work and a tremendous bit of desperation. Donovan

Work Desperation Long Tremendous Bit Inspiration Songwriting Burst Then

I already had top 10 records before 'Sunshine Superman,' with 'Catch the Wind' and 'Colors,' but this was a real breakthrough for me. It was a consciousness change for songwriting, as people are now saying I initiated the psychedelic revolution with this album, 'Sunshine Superman.' Donovan

I'm the only girl songwriter that fights for a lot of things. I fight for songwriting fees, which record labels want you to shut up about. Ester Dean

You Fight Girl Record About Only Songwriter Songwriting Fees Lot Up Labels Want Which Fights Things Shut Shut Up

The thing is, I feel like it would defeat the purpose of being a musician if I let any kind of fear of failure affect my songwriting or making an album or whatever. Frankie Cosmos

Failure Fear Whatever Defeat Musician Kind Would Purpose Songwriting Feel Like Making Affect Any Being Thing Album

Songwriting really anchored me. Freya Ridings

Me Anchored Songwriting Really

Well, everything about singing, I learned from busking. Everything I learned about songwriting, I learned from busking. Glen Hansard

Singing Everything About Songwriting Well Learned

I grew up producing hip-hop music, actually. I was producing for my friends, who were all rappers in upstate New York, where I'm from. But in the eighth grade, we had this songwriting contest in our school, and I got really excited about it and actually won. After that, I just kept making music forever. Gus Dapperton

Music School Our Rappers About Had Excited Songwriting New Contest Got Making Hip-Hop Were Up Won Friends Forever Grade York Just New York Where Grew Eighth After Eighth Grade Upstate Upstate New York Really Producing Who Actually Kept

Holy Joy were a cult '80s band led by the wonderful songwriting genius that is Johny Brown. Irvine Welsh

Joy Genius Wonderful Band Brown Songwriting Cult Were Led Holy

Think back to the early rock n' roll records, and the average record length in the '50s - and well into the '60s - was two and a half minutes. It's very hard to put that much songwriting into two and a half minutes. J. D. Souther

Half Think Back Record Minutes Records Put Songwriting Well Rock Rock-N-Roll Very Roll Length Average Much Hard Early Two

My songwriting process is painful. Songwriting is brilliant. It's a load of fun - when it works. It's really difficult as well. James Bay

Brilliant Difficult Songwriting Well Process Really Painful Fun Works Load

My songwriting process, and maybe loads of other people's, is just this sort of smashing together of emotions and stuff to make some music. It's kind of simple and really complex at the same time and, as you can see, incredibly hard to explain. James Bay

Music Time You Together People Emotions Simple Other Incredibly Complex Kind See Some Songwriting Stuff Smashing Make Sort Same Maybe Just Same Time Process Explain Really Hard Loads

I've been really trying to hone the art of songwriting in a way that doesn't follow any sort of guideline. James Blake

Art Way Follow Songwriting Sort Been Trying Any Really Hone

My attempt at really doing classic sort of songwriting is Shins stuff. James Mercer

Classic Attempt Songwriting Stuff Sort Doing Really

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