84 Quotes About Songwriting

Those in power write the history, while those who suffer write the songs.

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

Songwriting is a bitch. And then it has puppies

I tried to look at writing a song almost like solving a mystery. The song was there, buried somewhere in my brain. All I had to do was follow the clues until I figured it out.

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

Unless the object of the singer’s affection is a vampire, surely what Hart means is unphotogenic. Only vampires are unphotographable, but affectionate ‘-enic’ rhymes are hard to come by.

I think I've done the best I can do at the time and been as honest with myself as I can be and I can sleep good at night knowing that. - interview w/ MTV 2005

In order to become a better innovator, you're going to learn how to write songs.

At the very least, in a world where we walk around numb as lepers so much of the time, a song can make you actually feel something, a tingle in a place you thought long dead. That's what the best songs—the best works of art—do for me.