“ But if you want to be a songwriter-based musician, whether you play punk or rock or country or jazz, whatever, you have to work on your songwriting and you have to work on being able to play in front of people, I think. That performance is how you create the groundwork for a lasting career. Amy Ray Singer-Songwriter
“ It's unfashionable to admit, but playing music makes us happy and makes us smile. Chris Hesse Musician
“ You can't manufacture inspiration, so a lot of it is still a waiting game for me. There's still a lot of mystery to songwriting. I don't have a method that I can go back to - they either come or they don't. Conor Oberst Singer-Songwriter
“ When you have kids, you see life through different eyes. You feel love more deeply and are maybe a little more compassionate. It's inevitable that that would make its way into your songwriting. Dave Grohl Musician
“ The guitar influence that affected my songwriting came from the New Wave of British Heavy Metal. Dave Mustaine Musician
“ I usually eat breakfast twice. I'm usually up at 3 a.m. - do my spiritual work, my affirmations, a little bit of songwriting, get my daily work in order, and by that time I've worked up a bigger appetite. Dolly Parton Singer-Songwriter