Quotes with songwriting

  • I've been a list maker for years, even before I was a musician. I was always writing things down and kept long lists of things that would make good album titles and things like that. I'm constantly thinking in terms of songwriting.
  • The music is in the lead here, and a large part of this, I have no idea what I'm doing. I feel a closer bond with the craft of songwriting, stronger than I ever have.
  • My songwriting is so influenced by orchestrated music, dramatic, super glam rock-y stuff. Two of my biggest influences in songwriting were Elton John and Freddie Mercury.

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  • Billy Gibbons Experience is definitely the high road once driven. It actually enhances the songwriting and song sourcing process.
    Billy Gibbons
    American musician, record producer, and actor (1949 - )
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  • Adam Duritz For me, songwriting is something like breathing: I just do it. But that doesn't mean you're fantastic.
    Adam Duritz
    American musician and record producer (1964 - )
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  • Bruce Cockburn I wanted to play rock and roll when I started playing. Nobody at that time ever thought about songwriting. You sang songs, that's all. You sang other people's songs. That's all there were.
    Bruce Cockburn
    Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (1945 - )
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  • Buzz Osborne I've been a list maker for years, even before I was a musician. I was always writing things down and kept long lists of things that would make good album titles and things like that. I'm constantly thinking in terms of songwriting.
    Buzz Osborne
    American guitarist, vocalist and songwriter (1964 - )
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  • Bono If you pour your life into songs, you want them to be heard. It's a desire to communicate. A deep desire to communicate inspires songwriting.
    Bono
    Irish singer, songwriter, philanthropist, activist and businessman (1960 - )
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  • Brantley Gilbert It's not just music. To me, it's songwriting more than anything. A lot of people say it's expression, but to me, it's more than that.
    Brantley Gilbert
    American country music singer, songwriter (1985 - )
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  • Boz Scaggs My songwriting and my style became more complex as I listened, learned, borrowed and stole and put my music together.
    Boz Scaggs
    American singer, songwriter, and guitarist (1944 - )
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  • Brandi Carlile My songwriting is so influenced by orchestrated music, dramatic, super glam rock-y stuff. Two of my biggest influences in songwriting were Elton John and Freddie Mercury.
    Brandi Carlile
    American singer-songwriter and producer (1981 - )
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  • Brendon Urie One of the most frustrating parts about songwriting for me is production, but it makes me want to get better at it and ends up being one of the most rewarding parts of it.
    Brendon Urie
    American singer, songwriter, and musician (1987 - )
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  • Barry Mann Probably most successful songwriters have an innate songwriting ability.
    Barry Mann
    American songwriter and musician (1939 - )
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  • Ben Harper The music is in the lead here, and a large part of this, I have no idea what I'm doing. I feel a closer bond with the craft of songwriting, stronger than I ever have.
    Ben Harper
    American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (1969 - )
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  • Ben Gibbard The songwriting of Hall & Oates is deceptively complex. There are a number of key changes that pass you by as you're listening to the song because they're so seamless and clever.
    Ben Gibbard
    American singer, songwriter and guitarist (1976 - )
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  • Barry Manilow What we hear now is great-sounding records with great-sounding grooves and loops. And the sound of these records is irresistible, but the craft of songwriting is just about over. That's why, whenever I get an opportunity to do an album full of standards, I jump at it because I miss it.
    Barry Manilow
    American singer-songwriter, producer and actor (1943 - )
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