Songwriting Quotes

I consider music to be storytelling, melody and rhythm. A lot of hip-hop has broken music down. There are no instruments and no songwriting. So you're left with just storytelling and rhythm. And the storytelling can be so braggadocious, you're just left with rhythm.

We influence singing but never really songwriting.

The key to songwriting is just to be able to observe, and put yourself in situations to be around people, and let those ideas come to you.

My songwriting is like extending a hand to the listener.

I felt I never needed to fight for a more prominent songwriting and increased vocal role with the Cars.

I don't enjoy songwriting.

The best songwriting comes from being as creative as you can and editing it down to the good bits, essentially.

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

It wasn't so much that I had to leave to make it in the music business as I was curious to be out on my own and sort of explore. I never felt that where I was ever influenced my songwriting.

My songs are basically my diaries. Some of my best songwriting has come out of time when I've been going through a personal nightmare.

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.

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

With Sleater-Kinney, we did a lot of improvisation in our live shows, and even our process of songwriting involved bringing in disparate parts and putting them together to form something cohesive.

I have always written poetry but I have never applied it to songwriting.