#songwriting

On 'Van Halen,' I was a young punk, and everything revolved around the fastest kid in town, gunslinger attitude. But I'd say that at the time of 'Fair Warning,' I started concentrating more on songwriting. But I guess in most people's minds I'm just a gunslinger. ↗

— Eddie Van Halen

#attitude #concentrating #everything #fair #fastest

I didn't do music to live; I lived so that I could do music. ↗

— Charlotte Eriksson

#life #music #musician #singer #songwriter

Guy struck a jangling chord on the keyboards and then another. 'You know,' he announced, sitting back and crossing his arms. 'We need some new material. We’ve got to write some new songs.' 'Like what?' He shrugged. 'I don’t know. Throw out some ideas.' 'Love! Death! Existential struggle!' Emily intoned dramatically, rattling out a drumroll. 'Agriculture! ↗

— Francine Pascal

#sweet-valley #death

I think probably the only thing that is around in these songs is that I was really lonely when I wrote a lot of them. But it was really by my own choosing because I was devoting myself to songwriting and dancing and I wasn't really going out and seeing people. ↗

— Kate Bush

#because #choosing #dancing #devoting #going

I mean Gorilla was really our first sort of goes at songwriting. ↗

— Neil Innes

#goes #gorilla #i #mean #our

Isolation is a big part of songwriting. ↗

— Natalie Imbruglia

#isolation #part #songwriting

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

— Benjamin Orr

#felt #fight #i #increased #more

Songwriting's a weird game. ↗

— Keith Richards

#songwriting #weird

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. ↗

— Carrie Brownstein

#cohesive #did #disparate #even #form

I love the art form of songwriting. I get to carry a lot of vibes to a lot of people. My songs are all about the human condition, and people will be able to find themselves in my songs. ↗

— Glenn Hughes

#about #art #art form #carry #condition