This collection holds 521 songwriting quotes, drawn from writers, leaders, artists and thinkers across the QuoteForever archive. The most quoted voices here are Rod Stewart, Keith Richards and Paul Mccartney.

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I don't enjoy songwriting.

Songwriting's a weird game.

I don't work at being ordinary.

Songwriting is my gift from God

Songwriting really anchored me.

Songwriting is a big deal to me.

I don't like to dwell on the past.

Songwriting is therapeutic for me.

I am really heavy into songwriting.

I am really heavy into songwriting.

All is fair in love and songwriting.

Speak in extremes, it'll save you time.

Isolation is a big part of songwriting.

I'm fascinated by America...it's so odd.

Much of songwriting is simply a mystery.

The secret of a great melody is a secret.

I think my favorite thing is songwriting.

I am an open book through the songwriting.

Being so honest in my writing is cathartic.

Songwriting is as much a craft as a talent.

Great songs aren't written, they're rewritten

I think I'm more prolific in the songwriting.

I just love singing, songwriting and touring.

You write a hit the same way you write a flop.

Most things I worry about never happen anyway.

Songwriting is the cheapest psychiatrist I know.

I don't think you can ever please all audiences.

Put your faith in God and confidence in yourself.

I don't think you can ever regain your ignorance.

I enjoy songwriting. It's slow-motion improvising.

We influence singing but never really songwriting.

In a lot of ways, songwriting helped save my life.

A lot of people don't listen to the lyrics, really.

Location is a very important aspect to songwriting.

Well, our songwriting process is pretty collective.

I feel like songwriting is an experiment in empathy.

I feel like songwriting, for me, is kind of therapy.

I like beautiful melodies telling me terrible things.

I think MTV put a huge dent in the songwriting craft.

It's amazing to me that songwriting is an actual job.

I've done so much songwriting and I know how to do it.

I like a lot of older, '60s or '70s-style songwriting.

You have got to discover you, what you do, and trust it.

My songwriting is like extending a hand to the listener.

Nothing can stop a great song, so just keep songwriting.

Songwriting and screenwriting aren't that different to me.

But there's a thin line between songwriting and arranging.

My songwriting... it's almost like a kind of self-therapy.

You can do anything you want to do, if you know what to do.

I don't know what I'm doing, but I'm damn well gonna do it!

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