I wrote my first song in the first or second grade. Read Summary
I didn't know if I could write. I was writing all these songs at home and was like, 'Maybe I can write?' Read Summary
It's really hard for me to finish a song unless I have a strong visual in my head while I'm writing it. Read Summary
Eventually, I started writing down a bunch of titles that related to childhood themes and would pair it with an adult situation that either I was going through or someone else in my life was going through. Read Summary
I had been writing songs for awhile - since I was 14 - and playing guitar, but I never really knew how to go about making an actual career. Read Summary
I was never just a 'fill in 16 bars on a beat' rapper. I was making real songs from the jump. Read Summary
I don't really have a writing process. I don't write at all but, honestly, I feel like it's a modern-day writing because everything is technology and if I go in there and freestyle and I keep it, I feel like I wrote that. If I go in there and fix it, it's almost like something I wrote. Read Summary
I done paid Gunna to write my songs. I never put the songs out but like when I first started rapping I used to pay him like $100 like 'I'ma give you a $100 write something for me so I can try to learn to go in and record it.' Read Summary
If I knew where the good songs came from, I'd go there more often. Read Summary
I continually blacken pages and scribble away, so I always have a number of songs that are half-finished. Read Summary
I think that Bob Dylan knows this more than all of us: you don't write the songs anyhow. So if you're lucky, you can keep the vehicle healthy and responsive over the years. If you're lucky, your own intentions have very little to do with this. Read Summary
I write my own songs. I made my own videos. I pick my producers. Nothing goes out without my permission. It's all authentic. Read Summary
If you consider the definition of authenticity, it's saying something and actually doing it. I write my own songs. I made my own videos. I pick my producers. Nothing goes out without my permission. It's all authentic. Read Summary
In 7th grade, I believe, I wrote my first rap song. It was about everything I was seeing, everything that was going on around me. Read Summary
I start a lot more songs than I finish, because I realize when I get into them, they're no good. I don't throw them away, I just put them away, store them, get them out of sight. Read Summary
When I record somebody else's song, I have to make it my own or it doesn't feel right. I'll say to myself, I wrote this and he doesn't know it! Read Summary
All I'm writing is just what I feel, that's all. I just keep it almost naked. And probably the words are so bland. Read Summary
I was never too keen on the British music press. They've called us a supermarket hype, and they used to suggest that we didn't write our own songs. Read Summary
You gotta make sure the listener is listening to you, so if you put it into a song, often times, if the song is striking enough, then you can really deliver the story most effectively while keeping the ear of the listener the whole time. Read Summary
Songwriting is my way of channeling my feelings and my thoughts. Not just mine, but the things I see, the people I care about. My head would explode if I didn't get some of that stuff out. Read Summary