Quotes About Songwriting

Writing songs is not something I wanted to share with people for a long time. It was precious to me. I didnt want someone to crush it. I waited until I felt strong enough to take the criticism.

Every day you can write a song but some days there is just some magic in the air and something special about the catch; other days you write all day on a song line or idea.

There's something special about recording something that's as personal as your own songs.

Sometime I write a song off a central idea, instead of emotion.

I think it's kind of difficult to write a good Christmas song because you have a narrow framework of references that you have to work within, and at the same time you want to do something that's personally original and hopefully somewhat unique.

Usually, I'll just be walking from my house to somewhere else, and melodies and words will start coming up, and I'll have to run home to write it all down.

One day a whole damn song fell into place in my head.

When I write, I don't really focus on duets or anything like that or whether I'm going to feature this or that rapper. I just focus on just making a great song and figure out the rest later.

I wouldn't be able to write a song like 'Someone Like You' and get someone else to sing it because it's so personal. It's like giving away your heart.

I keep reminding people that an editorial in rhyme is not a song. A good song makes you laugh, it makes you cry, it makes you think.

The actual writing of a song usually comes in the form of a realisation. I can't contrive a song.

You know what? I'm not always in a positive, happy place. But I'm able to concentrate enough to come up with a really good song.

I try to find little things that you can do to move the song along and things that serve the song.

The thing is, in English I'm able to write the lyrics as I'm making the song, once I'm done with the melody.

A rhyme doesn't make a song.

I don't talk with people about how I am feeling - I just usually write a song about it.

Every redneck's dream is to write a song and have it go on a fishing show.

Personal relationships are usually my biggest inspirations for writing my songs. The best way for me to write a song is to visualise the story in my head, and I start humming a melody, and before you know it, a song is born.

In the songs I can still be really really direct but in interviews when I'm explaining my songs I shouldn't be so direct about who they're about.

When you write songs, you're writing little bits here, little bits there.

I guess what people forget sometimes is that when I write songs, I write them sometimes in about 20 minutes.

My brother says that I was writing songs about fate while he was off playing soccer. Now I tell him he's 33 and being a professional while I'm playing soccer with my friends. Ha!

I was a beach boy, and I believe I learned my songs from the birds of the Brazilian forest.

I write a lot of songs people don't hear. I really just enjoy the process. I finish 'em all. I don't think there's a whole lot of difference between the bad ones and the good ones.