Songwriting is too mysterious and uncontrolled a process for me to direct it towards any one thing. – James Taylor
I felt I never needed to fight for a more prominent songwriting and increased vocal role with the Cars. – Benjamin Orr
My songwriting is so influenced by orchestrated music, dramatic, super glam rock-y stuff. Two of my biggest influences in songwriting were Elton John and Freddie Mercury. – Brandi Carlile
Being inducted into the songwriting hall of fame by Clive Davis, that was pretty memorable. – Diane Warren
I found songwriting really hard at first, but after a while it was actually very easy. – Dionne Bromfield
If I weren’t a performer, I would be still be writing and songwriting. Plus, I also really want to get into producing. – Manika
I’m a fairly tormented artist, and I’m less willing to indulge myself in self-pity, outside of songwriting. – Dave Matthews
I have four shelves covered with journals that I’ve written. Dad and I are writing songs together. I’ve probably written 100 songs. – Miley Cyrus
