#songwriting

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

#consider #down #hip-hop #i #instruments

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 music is in the lead here, and a large part of this, I have no idea what I'm doing. I feel a closer bond with the craft of songwriting, stronger than I ever have. ↗

— Ben Harper

#closer #craft #doing #ever #feel

All is fair in love and songwriting. ↗

— Norah Jones

#love #songwriting

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

— Christopher Cross

#dent #huge #i #i think #mtv

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

#background #be nice #deny #different #i

I'm a peasant I'm the muzhik A pest you're destined to play the music And yes it's pleasant to say it's beauty I'm Indebted to rest respecting it truly ↗

— Criss Jami

#art #beauty #creation #creativity #credit

The songwriting was almost like something I did while I was waiting for my daughter to come back. ↗

— Joni Mitchell

#back #come #daughter #did #i

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

#comes #experimental #hardcore #involved #mental nature

With songwriting I spend a lot of time living life, accruing all these experiences, journaling, and then by the time I get to the studio I'm teeming with the drive to write. ↗

— Alanis Morissette

#drive #experiences #get #i #life