1.
Songwriting is about getting the demon out of me. It's like being possessed.
John Lennon
2.
I started being a songwriter pretending I could do it, and it turned out I could.
James Taylor
3.
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
4.
Music breeds its own inspiration. You can only do it by doing it. You may not feel like it, but you push yourself. It's a work process. Or just improvise. Something will come.
Burt Bacharach
5.
I don't write songs, songs write me.
Sammy Cahn
6.
I consider myself a poet first and a musician second. I live like a poet and I'll die like a poet.
Bob Dylan
7.
For me, songwriting is something like breathing: I just do it. But that doesn't mean you're fantastic.
Adam Duritz
8.
A lot of people pretty much only listen to the chorus.
Lenny Kravitz
9.
A lot of people don't listen to the lyrics, really.
Lenny Kravitz
12.
That's what my life is, writing songs.
John Cale
15.
I love writing songs. I'm a songwriter.
Mel Brooks
16.
I'm enjoying writing songs that are more stripped back.
Delta Goodrem