Songwriting Quotes
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Wherever inspiration comes from, it's like I'll hear a melody and chords, almost a rough structure of the whole thing [song]. I'll just hear it and chase what's in my head. The rest comes from jamming with band, improvising, seeing what comes up as well. I'll come up with it off the top of my head, catch it, sing and hum, and if something is missing, just jam, and that's the [songwriting] process.
Chris Wyse
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Whether I was in my body or out of my body as I wrote it I know not. God knows.
George Frideric Handel
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I always thought of myself as the piano player in the band. That, I suppose, I'm confident about, and I guess my songwriting developed as I went along and I got a certain amount of confidence in that. The songs are like my kids, I'm proud of all of them for one reason or another.
Billy Joel
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I try to keep my eyes open as much as I can, like there are so many things, everyday is so different from each others and so the еще open Ты can be the еще inspiration Ты can get for song-writing.
Lauri Ylönen
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Making vocal hooks is my favorite thing to do. That's what I love about songwriting - making catchy stuff.
Sigrid
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I am really heavy into songwriting.
Teyana Taylor
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Songwriting is a great release. It helps me work through things.
Jo Dee Messina
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I started just concentrating on songwriting when I was abut 20; I'd been in rock bands six or seven years, kinda got that out of my system, I said, "ok, you ain't gonna be a rock star, you don't look like a rock star, it probably ain't gonna happen. So what you should do is write songs and maybe other people will do your songs."
Billy Joel
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I knew I could make money from songwriting, so how much and when was not really the question.
Ryan Tedder
OneRepublic
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This little four-string songwriting tool started changing the way I brought songs to the group.
Eddie Vedder
Pearl Jam
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Everybody wants to write a hit song, but in Nashville people want to write the best song, which was my original intention as a singer/songwriter. ... I left because I could no longer make records that sounded less and less like me. I tried to please people instead of believing in my own strength, until the only thing I could do was walk away.
Melissa Manchester
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Traditional songwriting, to us, is where the experimental nature comes in. We're all involved with so much outside activity with really hardcore, experimental music-making.
Thurston Moore
Sonic Youth
