Songwriting Quotes

I have the same way of approaching songwriting and singing. It's always been about the pure love of music. I've always had an interest in production and arranging.

Paul Mazzolini
What I strive to do with songwriting is be really honest, authentic and try to be open and share that with people. I choose that over trying to be clever, poetic, or lyrical.

Brett Dennen
- Choose
- Strive
- Poetic

This little four-string songwriting tool started changing the way I brought songs to the group.

Eddie Vedder Pearl Jam
Great classic music that I've been turned on to has not only inspired and influenced me, but it has had an effect on my songwriting.

Scott Weiland Stone Temple Pilots
Songwriting is a mystery. And it's a mystery to me that it's a mystery. But that sounds stupid.

Neil Finn Fleetwood Mac
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
- Song
- Inspiration
- Melody
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
- Kids
- Proud
- Band
I see songwriting as having to do with experience, and the more you've experienced, the better it is. But it has to be tempered, and you just must let your imagination run.

Mick Jagger The Rolling Stones