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Every time I write a song my approach changes.


Shawn Mendes
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I write songs about stuff that I can't really get past personally - and then I write a song about it and I feel better.
Amy Winehouse
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I dread naming pieces of music because being instrumental, most of the time the songs that I write are instrumental, I want the listener to make up their own story as to what it is and get the emotion pure without using logic.
Yanni
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Well, to be honest I think I tell less truth when I write journalism than when I write fiction.


Julian Barnes
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I write most of my songs when I'm in a bad mood.


Trent Reznor
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Most of the time, songs that I write end up being finished in 30 minutes or less.


Taylor Swift
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I write a lot of music in my time off and I compose most of the songs on guitar. I've actually gone into the studio and recorded a few things, but it's tough trying to sell a song. It's all about finding that hook, that melody.
Scott Patterson
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When I write songs, I like to write lyrics first, and I think that's different from a lot of singer-songwriters. But I heard Sammy Cahn was asked what comes first, the lyrics or the music, and he said, 'The paycheck.'
Jill Sobule
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I think when you have raw emotion in a song, it makes it great.


Shawn Mendes
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I write songs very quickly, so the 20 minutes of joy I get out of writing a song doesn't compare to the two months of joy I get engaging with the people who like my music.
Halsey
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I write most of my own lyrics for my album and I am helping to produce some of the songs as well.


Lindsay Lohan
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When I write a song, it comes from the heart and is based on a specific experience. You can't really say that one experience is greater than another, because all of your experiences take you through life on this journey.
Yolanda Adams
I don't know what the inspiration for most of songs really mean until I finish them. For the most part, I'm going for a visceral impression, and I write the words last.
Todd Rundgren
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I write my songs because I've lived them.


Katy Perry
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Some people take pictures; I write songs.


Lee DeWyze
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The most common misperception about me is that I write fast. I just write often. Every hour that I can.
Joyce Carol Oates
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I'm not somebody who carries around a notepad and writes songs all day long. I don't imagine everything I think of is worth being in a song. So I tend to collect notes, and I set time aside to go to work and write songs.
Jakob Dylan
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I sit in places like Costa Coffee in Banstead and write rubbish. I need a deadline. I think about the 44 tour dates and keep imagining standing in front of all these people. Then every day I write 15 jokes minimum.
Tim Vine
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Unless I am both capable of and willing to reopen the wound every time I write a song, if I choose to not look inside myself to write music, I'm really not worth being called an artist at all.
Lady Gaga
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Not every song I write is ecstasy. And it can happen only one time. After that, when you sing the same melody and words, it's pleasure, but you don't get wiped out.
Paul Simon
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