195 Songwriting Quotes for You to Enjoy

Recovery stabilized me; songwriting gave me a purpose. Mary Gauthier

Me Gave Purpose Recovery Songwriting Stabilized

I teach songwriting a lot, and I always tell my students, 'You gotta write the little songs sometimes to get to the next big song in the chute.' You gotta write 'em to get to it. You never know what's going to be a little song or a big song. Mary Gauthier

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I think Bob Dylan showed us that songs can rise to the level of literature, and he proved it over and over again. That's why they keep trying to get him a Nobel Prize for literature: because there is no Nobel Prize for songwriting. Mary Gauthier

There are albums that I listen to religiously just because I'm such a big fan: any Bruce Springsteen album, or old George Strait albums because the songwriting's so strong. Matthew Ramsey

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It wasn't so much that I had to leave to make it in the music business as I was curious to be out on my own and sort of explore. I never felt that where I was ever influenced my songwriting. Matthew Sweet

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I'm from a little island off of Massachusetts, Nantucket. It's hard getting into the music business from there, but my parents took me to songwriting festivals because I would write and produce my own music. Meghan Trainor

It's nice to finally have a CD out which reflects my songwriting, my singing and the band that I have. Mick Taylor

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People like me for my songwriting and production, not my singing. Mike Posner

Me People Singing Songwriting Like Production

I wasn't born with a natural talent for songwriting. Natalie Imbruglia

Natural Born Songwriting Talent

I think my songwriting might be a little more on the darker side maybe. Neko Case

Think Side Darker More Songwriting Maybe Little Might

Songwriting, I have to take myself away from everybody to do. It's an unsightly act. Nick Cave

Myself Everybody Take Songwriting Act Away

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. What do I write about? I never know. Nick Cave

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The one thing I'm really the most confident in as an artist is my songwriting ability and ear for pop music. I'm really excited to show that off. It was a side that I wasn't able to show on 'American Idol.' Nick Fradiani

All is fair in love and songwriting. Norah Jones

Love Songwriting Fair

I really like this trend of songwriting that is honest and intelligent and serious and longing. Parker Posey

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My brother and I are not rivals. We are shipmates and best friends and the greatest songwriting partnership in the world. Pete Doherty

Best World Brother Rivals Songwriting Partnership Greatest Friends

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

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For me, songwriting starts with a melody. When a musician plays a chord progression, either the words and vocal melody come to me, or they don't. That's how I determine who to write with. It works, or it doesn't. Rain Phoenix

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Songwriting is a give-and-take process, and it can lead to some good, healthy debates. Richie Sambora

Good Healthy Some Lead Songwriting Debates Process

Certainly, writing a book was challenging. It took me a long time to learn how to do it. It took me seven years to get a sense of how to wean myself off the process and trickery of songwriting. You realize that giant metaphors work in songs because you have so few words. Standing alone on a page, they threaten to be overblown in a hurry. Rodney Crowell

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Sustaining a narrative in sentences and paragraphs is very different from songwriting. But the dedication to the craft and just the endurance that it takes, you know, to stick with it and believe you can pull it out and make it real and finish it, I learned that a long time ago writing songs. Rodney Crowell

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As a creative individual, I really go out of my way to avoid the corporate scene in terms of songwriting. If the first question is how much money is it going to make, I'm going to be in trouble anyway. Rodney Crowell

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