#songwriting

Performing is the easiest part of what I do, and songwriting is the hardest. ↗

— Neil Diamond

#hardest #i #i do #part #performing

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

— Janine Turner

#applied #i #never #poetry #songwriting

For a songwriter, you don't really go to songwriting school; you learn by listening to tunes. And you try to understand them and take them apart and see what they're made of, and wonder if you can make one, too. ↗

— Tom Waits

#go #learn #listening #made #make

First thing, I throw on some jeans, a T-shirt and my Keds sneakers and make coffee. That is actually my favorite time of day. That is when I do my songwriting, when I am in writing mode. ↗

— Lucinda Williams

#am #coffee #day #favorite #first

The songwriting of Hall & Oates is deceptively complex. There are a number of key changes that pass you by as you're listening to the song because they're so seamless and clever. ↗

— Ben Gibbard

#because #changes #clever #complex #deceptively

My songwriting is like extending a hand to the listener. ↗

— Dave Grohl

#hand #like #listener #songwriting

I think my songwriting might be a little more on the darker side maybe. ↗

— Neko Case

#i #i think #little #maybe #might

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

— Christopher Cross

#dent #huge #i #i think #mtv