#song

At first it was my brother's songwriting and I was just doing what everyone told me. ↗

— Gwen Stefani

#doing #everyone #first #i #just

I remember so vividly the first song I ever wrote. It was called 'Different People.' ↗

— Gwen Stefani

#different #different people #ever #first #i

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

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. ↗

— Gwen Stefani

#been #best #come #diaries #going

Out of all the artistic things I do, music is the most rewarding because it's so hard to write songs. ↗

— Gwen Stefani

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Writing songs is super intimate. It's a bit like getting naked. ↗

— Gwen Stefani

#getting #intimate #like #naked #songs

Saying you have a political solution is like saying you can write a pop song that's going to stay at the top of the list forever. I don't have many illusions about this, but I'm not cynical about it. ↗

— Bruce Sterling

#cynical #forever #going #i #illusions

The words of the songs speak for themselves. ↗

— Cat Stevens

#speak #themselves #words

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'm not a natural songwriter. ↗

— Rod Stewart

#natural #songwriter