"The words. I love words. I love to write. Being an artist is what I love."
Read quote
3 likes
Writing quotes
Writing
30.7K quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Explore further
Topics related to Writing
Browse quotes that often appear alongside writing — connected by shared ideas and recurring themes.
Quote collection
Writing quotes (page 291 of 1537)
Follow a thought to its author, or read the full quote page.
"I never write about the road. I never write about hotels or anything like that."
Read quote
3 likes
"When I'm 40 and nobody wants to see me in a sparkly dress anymore, I'll be, like: 'Cool, I'll just go in the studio and write songs for kids.'"
Read quote
3 likes
"I think when people make a record with a goal in mind - like taking it to the next level or making them seem more mature - that gets in the way of writing great songs."
Read quote
3 likes
"Sometimes when relationships end, you write an e-mail and say everything you wish you said. Sometimes you don't push send."
Read quote
3 likes
"I don't think I'd ever make an album of just covers because I love writing my own music."
Read quote
3 likes
"And you know there’s nothing like writing a song about someone who’s mean to you, and just makes your life miserable…and then winning a Grammy for it."
Read quote
3 likes
"Sometimes I write about my own life. And sometimes I write about situations I see my friends going through. Sometimes I write about a scene I saw in a movie. I take inspiration from all different places."
Read quote
3 likes
"(Talks about Lucky You) "The song was about a girl who didn't fit in and she didn't care and she was different than everyone else. I think there's a long chorus of me singing "Do do do do do do do do do do". It's very young and I look back and it's kind of interesting to hear those kind of storylines and the lyrics that I used to write compared to the lyrics that I write now."
Read quote
3 likes
"I want to write a song for someone who has just fallen in love or someone single and living their live."
Read quote
3 likes
"I write songs that are like diary entries. I have to do it in order to feel sane."
Read quote
3 likes
"Most of the time, songs that I write end up being finished in 30 minutes or less."
Read quote
3 likes
"I keep going back to love when I write songs because I can't figure it out."
Read quote
3 likes
"I've made sure that in any situation and with any record label, I'm allowed to write my own music."
Read quote
3 likes
"I like to write about love and love lost because I feel like there are so many different subcategories of emotions."
Read quote
3 likes
"I have to practice to be good at guitar. I have to write 100 songs before you write the first good one."
Read quote
3 likes
"Throughout all of the changes that have happened in my life, one of the priorities I've had is to never change the way I write songs and the reasons I write songs. I write songs to help me understand life a little more. I write songs to get past things that cause me pain. And I write songs because sometimes life makes more sense to me when it's being sung in a chorus, and when I can write it in a verse."
Read quote
3 likes
"If guys don't want me to write bad songs about them, they shouldn't do bad things."
Read quote
3 likes
"My favorite thing in life is writing about life, specifically the parts of life concerning love. Because as far as I’m concerned, love is absolutely everything."
Read quote
3 likes
"When I'm writing a record, I kind of don't listen to much music. Just because I want to be inspired solely on the emotion; just based on how it feels."
Read quote
3 likes