Writing Quotes

Clown’ was written when I couldn’t find anyone who believed in me as an artist. Maybe those labels will think twice next time a young songwriter comes along.

Boredom provides a stronger inclination to write than anything.

I am the kind of writer that people think other people are reading.

To know more, I must first admit that I know nothing. Only on a blank page, can words be written.

Sportswriters are what make sports great and fun to watch.

I’ve always written songs that were confessional, acoustic, wordy – my writing style matches my personality. The music always has to match the mouth it comes out of.

But a man cannot by writing a bill of divorce to his vice get rid of all trouble at once, and enjoy tranquillity by living apart.

Get too conceptual, too cute and remote, and your characters die on the page.

You don’t just go to the studio and say, ‘I’m going to write a hit.’ It becomes a hit when people like your compositions.

I’ve been songwriting for a long time, usually while on the road, as a way to get my feelings out.