Songwriting Quotes

"Well my music was different in high school; I was singing about love—you know, things I don’t care about anymore" "In every lyric, I leave a piece of my heart." "The hardest thing for me to do is to get you to know me within sixteen bars" "If there's not drama and negativity in my life, all my songs will be really wack and boring or something" "The emotions in a song - the anger, aggression - of making it is what you feel; the energy when you play it - that's what I love" "I don't think a song should be put in a category" "You can try and read my lyrics off of this paper before I lay 'em but you won't take the sting out these words before I say 'em" "I want to be known for the songs I write handlers" "I wrote a song, but I can't read music, so I don't know what it is. Every once in a while, I'll be listening to the radio and I say, I think I might have written that." "Writing songs has a therapeutic effect, and it either kills off love or wins the heart of the lover" "Imagination is the key to my lyrics. The rest is painted with a little science fiction" "I am trying to make an album that is a true record of what I am experiencing now in my life" "I never intended for my lyrics to be a blueprint for a way of life." "I just know that I feel better when I'm writing music." "When you're trying to create music, it's all about having a vision." "Three chords and the truth that's what a country song is " "A song is anything that can walk by itself"