Alex Kapranos
Alex Kapranos

The best songwriting comes from being as creative as you can and editing it down to the good bits, essentially.

Alex Turner
Alex Turner

If anyone asks me about songwriting, I guess I'd say that you just gotta do it.

Alex Wolff
Alex Wolff

We're always writing music no matter what. And we're not always acting - we have months off. But we never take a break from songwriting.

Alice Merton
Alice Merton

Baking is more like chemistry, following certain instructions and knowing what comes out in the end. It's almost reassuring! Songwriting is a creative process where you go into a session with nothing and can come out of it with something incredible in the end. I never feel like I'm taking a risk with baking, but always with songwriting.

Alice Merton
Alice Merton

I started quite late. I only discovered that I could write a song when I was, like, 17... some musicians, they're starting out, writing songs when they're, like, 12, 13. I never thought I would go into songwriting when I was that young.

Alice Merton
Alice Merton

When I was younger, I always wanted to be either a pianist or a classical singer, and when I discovered songwriting, it was like a new portal had been opened.

Alison Krauss
Alison Krauss

It's not that I have resisted songwriting, it's just not something I felt I have had to do. I've just not woken up and thought, I must do this. But I have often heard music that I have instantly felt 'I have to sing that song'.

Allan Holdsworth
Allan Holdsworth

Bike riding is great for your thinking. I can't say I've written an entire tune while cycling, but riding has definitely inspired songwriting ideas.

Amanda McBroom
Amanda McBroom

I was in 'Jacques Brel' Off-Broadway for many years, so I've always been a singing actress, but the songwriting was a complete surprise. I had never written a song in my life. We were on the road with 'Jacques Brel' doing the national tour, and I picked up a guitar one day and I wrote a song.

Amber Liu
Amber Liu

I love songwriting, and rap is part of my songwriting, but I'm not a rapper.