I'd listen to all the stuff that was going on around me and drift off into my fantasies about it. My fantasies have fuelled all the songs... →
Don McLean
Some of the best songs I've written, I've written in 10 minutes.
Christine McVie
Bob Dylan's first couple of records in the 60's weren't considered cover records, but he only wrote one or two original songs on each... →
John Mellencamp
A lot of Woody Guthrie's songs were taken from other songs. He would rework the melody and lyrics, and all of a sudden it was a Woody Guthrie... →
I want to sell to people my own age, because that's the way I write songs.
I don't have to worry about any pop sensibility. I can write adult songs, and I don't have to worry about choruses and hook lines.
I couldn't have recorded this record 15 years ago. My voice didn't have the depth to pull these songs off.
This is not a rock opera. This is not Tommy. I can write songs that emote, and that's it.
A lot of my fans are young and hip and enjoy my pop album and know the lyrics to those songs as well, which is a real compliment to me.
Idina Menzel
As much as I appreciate people putting me in the category of these very acrobatic belters, I feel like my strength is my... interpretation and my... →