Quotes by Songwriting I attended a post-college program in L.A. for Music Business and Production. Took several courses involving Music Production, Arrangement, and Songwriting. Adam Kluger songwriting program college You write a hit the same way you write a flop. Alan Jay Lerner songwriting writing way Put your faith in God and confidence in yourself. Alberta Hunter confidence-in-yourself songwriting faith-in-god The best songwriting comes from being as creative as you can and editing it down to the good bits, essentially. Alex Kapranos songwriting creative editing I've come to recognize songwriting as something that I do, and I want to be good at that. At that craft, if you like. I want to practice it. Alex Turner songwriting be-good It's not that I have resisted songwriting, it's just not something I felt I have had to do. I've just not woken up and thought, I must do this. But I have often heard music that I have instantly felt 'I have to sing that song' Alison Krauss songwriting heard song I don't really know that there's any real rules for songwriting. Amos Lee songwriting real knows Songwriting isn't always something that's directly proportionate to the experience. Amos Lee songwriting Songwriting requires some sort of ceremony to even get the process started, and it can be somewhat arbitrary. Andrew Bird songwriting arbitrary process Live we're a lot louder and noisier on the album. I think for the album we took a lot of time for the songwriting and we wanted to make good pop music, and I think there's plus and minuses to doing pop music and noise. Andrew VanWyngarden pop-music songwriting thinking You have got to discover you, what you do, and trust it. Barbra Streisand songwriting trust self-esteem Probably most successful songwriters have an innate songwriting ability. Barry Mann songwriting ability successful I'm more critical of my songwriting than anybody, but I've worked really hard in the last five to 10 years to improve. Beck songwriting lasts years I'm more critical of my songwriting than anybody, but I've worked really hard in the last five to 10 years to improve. I didn't take it all that seriously when I started. It was a little bit of a stigma to being a songwriter or a folkie back then. I did a lot of send-ups of sensitive singer-songwriter stuff when I was starting out, which limited my development as a songwriter in a way. I wasn't really fully given license to explore that until the mid-90s. I'm still working on it; I'm a little bit of a late bloomer. Beck stigma sensitive songwriting You can do anything you want to do, if you know what to do. Betty Carter macgyver songwriting want Songwriting and screenwriting aren't that different to me. Billy Bob Thornton screenwriting songwriting different Songwriting is the cheapest psychiatrist I know. Billy Joe Shaver psychiatrist songwriting knows Once I went into songwriting, I figured I had to - I couldn't be a hellfire rock 'n' roller. But I could write hellfire lyrics. Bob Dylan songwriting rocks writing A lot of what has pushed me forward is desire, and I have expressed that in my songwriting - perhaps because it's safer! Brian Molko songwriting desire Being so honest in my writing is cathartic. Brian Molko songwriting honest writing 1234567»