#song

I was a different person before I started to write. When I realized I could be a songwriter and that people would listen - that was when I started feeling good in my life. ↗

— Gwen Stefani

#could #different #different person #feeling #feeling good

The spiritual quest was always the predominant aspect of my life. It's always been there. But there's also an incredible passion connected to it; it's not just a dry investigative process. I have been extremely emotional about it, and that comes out in the songs. ↗

— Cat Stevens

#also #always #aspect #been #comes

I didn't write those songs, but I can relate to every one of them... I have. ↗

— Joss Stone

#i #i can #relate #songs #them

I think the melody is the first time I hear in a song and if I like the melody, then I'll pay closer attention to the lyrics. ↗

— George Strait

#closer #first #first time #hear #i

I'm always looking for great songs, and not being much of a songwriter, I depend on great songwriters to send them to me. I go through tons of stuff, and sometimes you just find material that kind of fits and becomes something special. ↗

— George Strait

#becomes #being #depend #find #fits

And if you're horrible to me I'm going to write a song about you and you are not going to like it. That's how I operate. ↗

— Taylor Swift

#going #horrible #how #i #like

I write songs that are like diary entries. I have to do it in order to feel sane. ↗

— Taylor Swift

#feel #i #i write #like #order

Most of the time, songs that I write end up being finished in 30 minutes or less. ↗

— Taylor Swift

#being #end #finished #i #i write

I wish I had a nickel for every song that I've left in the bathroom, written down on a matchbox, or just totally forgotten about. ↗

— Tommy Shaw

#bathroom #down #every #forgotten #had

I wrote songs all my life, where anyone wanted to hear them or not. ↗

— Tommy Shaw

#hear #i #life #my life #songs