#songwriting

But there's a thin line between songwriting and arranging. ↗

— Warren Zevon

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

— Neil Diamond

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The joy of songwriting only gets messed up if you are trying to follow up a big success, or you are trying to create a hit single, or if you have conscious thoughts of a particular outcome for the music. ↗

— Tim Finn

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

— Janine Turner

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I consider music to be storytelling, melody and rhythm. A lot of hip-hop has broken music down. There are no instruments and no songwriting. So you're left with just storytelling and rhythm. And the storytelling can be so braggadocious, you're just left with rhythm. ↗

— Jack White

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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

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And I look forward to the time when I can become more indulgent with my songwriting. But this band is a family, and it's a process that we have to grow with together. ↗

— Stone Gossard

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Songwriting is different from music, although I don't deny now that it would be nice to have a little more background in music theory. ↗

— Neil Diamond

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For me, songwriting is something like breathing: I just do it. But that doesn't mean you're fantastic. ↗

— Adam Duritz

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Traditional songwriting, to us, is where the experimental nature comes in. We're all involved with so much outside activity with really hardcore, experimental music-making. ↗

— Thurston Moore

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