Top Songwriting Quotes
Songwriting is the most terrifying thing to me, because you are really laying your heart out there.
David Friedman
I mean Gorilla was really our first sort of goes at songwriting.
Neil Innes
I have a weird life because I live on songwriting royalties, which are a strange income. Sometimes it rains, sometimes it doesn't.
Joe Strummer
Songwriting is my gift from God.
Smokey Robinson
What I took back, because of my exposure to the Jewish music of the 30s and the 40s in my upbringing with my father, was that kind of theatrical songwriting. It was always a part of my character. This desire to make people laugh.
Pete Townshend
Famous Songwriting Authors
Ray Davies
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Tommy Shaw
Thurston Moore
Stone Gossard
Michael Bolton
Adam Duritz
Geddy Lee
Benjamin Orr
Helen Slater
Sheryl Crow
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All Songwriting Quotes
Songwriting is the most terrifying thing to me, because you are really laying your heart out there.
David Friedman 
73% of people like this quote
I mean Gorilla was really our first sort of goes at songwriting.
Neil Innes
64% of people like this quote
I have a weird life because I live on songwriting royalties, which are a strange income. Sometimes it rains, sometimes it doesn't.
Joe Strummer
63% of people like this quote
What I took back, because of my exposure to the Jewish music of the 30s and the 40s in my upbringing with my father, was that kind of theatrical songwriting. It was always a part of my character. This desire to make people laugh.
Pete Townshend
58% of people like this quote
Songwriting is the other weight on the opposite side of the scale from touring. They balance me out creatively.
Tommy Shaw
57% of people like this quote
I love the art form of songwriting. I get to carry a lot of vibes to a lot of people. My songs are all about the human condition, and people will be able to find themselves in my songs.
Glenn Hughes
57% of people like this quote
I think that songwriting changed when groups started spending more time in the studio.
Ray Davies
56% of people like this quote
Popular Songwriting Authors
Sheryl CrowCarly SimonGeddy LeeTommy ShawWarren ZevonSmokey RobinsonMichael BoltonDavid FriedmanBen HarperMick TaylorSean LennonKrist NovoselicNeil InnesBarry MannThurston Moore
Boz ScaggsKazuo IshiguroPete TownshendStone GossardBrian SetzerMatthew SweetKen HillJanine TurnerTracy ChapmanRay DaviesNeil DiamondAndy PartridgeAdam RichLiz PhairGwen Stefani
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