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I had this contract to write songs for people when I was about 18. I don't think any of them were taken up; I was a complete failure at it! But I've kept doing it, writing little songs for myself.

— Douglas Hodge

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I started writing songs at 17.

— Miranda Lambert

When I was 13, I told my dad I needed to record myself because I sounded awesome, even though I didn't. By 18, I was a lot better. Then I got a publishing deal, so I was writing songs for other people professionally.

— Meghan Trainor

At the end of the day, if you don't have a record contract, a studio or a guitar, you can still write songs. You're still an artist. That's something no one can take away.

— Janis Ian

I basically had the idea when I was 18 that I wanted to write my own songs. I knew it was going to be a long, tough road, and I was like, if I just begin now, by the time I'm 40, I'll be good at it.

— Jason Mraz

I've been writing songs since I was at least 20. That's what I wanted to do before I became a model.

— Karen Elson

At 18, I got a publishing deal, so I was like, 'I can do this for real and not go to college.' When I was a teenager, my parents dragged me to a lot of songwriting conventions.

— Meghan Trainor

When I was a kid, I wrote music - from the age of 11 until the age of 18.

— Harrison Birtwistle

I have writing songs on my own for about six years.

— Joanna Newsom

When I turned 19 I kinda realized that I needed to write my own songs instead of singing songs written by other people.

— Colbie Caillat

✗Opposing Perspectives

At the age of eight, I discovered that I could write songs. My dad used to take them to the notary and register them so that nobody could steal them from me.

— Shakira