Top Songwriting Quotes

Well, the way you'd been, old ladyI could see the fear in your windowsUnder your furry crawling browA silver bow rings up in inchesYou were afraid you'd be the devil's red wifeBut it's alright, God du...

The best songs are written through our anger. Even though feelings change over time, our lyrics will always remain inside the song as a way of reminding us how far and how much stronger we've become s...

I'd rather be nine people's favorite thing than a hundred people's ninth favorite thing.

... but I believe that music can change a life, because it changed mine.

Sometimes I just want to paint the words "It's my fault" across my forehead to save people the time of being pissed off at me.

I hereby grant you permission to write crap. The more the better. Remember, crap makes the best fertilizer.

Music is energy, emotion, expression, escapism, enlightenment. Music is so much more than just entertainment.

Songwriting is a bitch. And then it has puppies

Why I write music? Because it hurts not to.

I have big dreams. I want to keep songwriting. Direct films. Be a parent.

Mr. DuBois, you are a rehearsal accompanist. I do not pay you for your musical interpretation.' The impresario marched down the aisle and stood in the middle like the commander of a mutinying ship.'No...

Songwriters write songs, but they really belong to the listener.

Well, the gold fish in the bowl lay upside down bloatingFull in the sky and the plains were bleached white with skeletonsVarious species grouped together accordingTo their past beliefsThe only way the...

Of course Tucker Crowe was in pain when he made [the record], but he couldn't just march into a recording studio and start howling. He'd have sounded mad and pathetic. He had to calm the rage, tame it...