The songs certainly have not made my fortune, but I am still grateful for the royalties when they come in.
Sydney Carter
I'm always writing something. I've got so much stuff, I don't know what to do with it. Some of it will be Strokes, some of it will be I... →
Julian Casablancas
Songwriting is hard - it's so easy to fall into the same traps. It's not like I wake up and songs flow out of me.
It's not like I wake up and songs flow out of me.
I try not to be overly literal. When I'm writing songs, I write down a lot of words, and then I try to simplify it. I like to give people hints... →
Neko Case
This is the bunch of songs I did first, and it's just the type of thing I do. I am a Carter Family girl, so the record is book-ended with Carter... →
June Carter Cash
When my dad died a lot of songs came, and they're still coming.
Rosanne Cash
I found it was really impossible for me to write songs when I couldn't sing.
I don't write happy songs. Who does? I don't know anybody who writes happy songs, really.
Nick Cave
I just want to leave this world with a massive catalog of songs.