84 Quotes About Songwriting

Guy struck a jangling chord on the keyboards and then another. 'You know,' he announced, sitting back and crossing his arms. 'We need some new material. We’ve got to write some new songs.''Like what?'He shrugged. 'I don’t know. Throw out some ideas.''Love! Death! Existential struggle!' Emily intoned dramatically, rattling out a drumroll. 'Agriculture!

When someone asks me what a song is about, it’s like, I feel like I might ruin it if you ask me that. I feel like I did my best to explain the song in the song on its own terms as a song.

His mindIt says survival of the fittest butHis soulRevival of the idiotsSo good riddance, dancing

Is the phrase 'pay' or 'play the piper'I inquire, why'Cause I admire a desire to flip the switchYeah make a way to face the music likeLife savings for a mosh pit riotListen to a mixRock the tickets, higher volumeVelocity which shakes a cockpit's pilot

I've finally decided to write about profit for a changeBut before I really started I already started to feel lameBaby what's it to a beast who manely to money remains untamed

Speak in extremes, it'll save you time.

I can't tell one from the other:I find you or you find me?There was a time before we were born If someone asks, this is where I'll be.

It's the damage that we do and never know. It's the words that we don't say that scare me so.

If I knew where good songs came from, I'd go there more often.