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I was clear that I wanted to do music and I wanted to write songs. But I wasn't clear about how I was going to make that happen. I wrote loads of songs but didn't want to show them to anyone.

— Alison Goldfrapp

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✓Similar Perspectives

It's a gift that I have and I became good at it. When I heard my first song I didn't even know that I could write songs.

— Rico Love

I'd like to be writing songs for other people - I just like writing songs.

— Darren Criss

I kind of just stumbled into producing. It was more that I was a writer, and the only way you were going to get your songs done was to do them yourself.

— Babyface

I don't like people telling me what to do, or trying to MAKE me write songs.

— Dave Davies

I always knew I wanted to be a musician, and I always knew I wanted to write, 'cause the people I was listening to all wrote. I never thought it was an option to sing anyone else's songs.

— Emeli Sande

There are as many ways to write songs as there are songs.

— Gregg Allman

When we first started playing in the early days, none of us really had any idea about writing our own songs yet. We were struggling how to learn our instruments and play songs to be able to perform for people.

— Wayne Kramer

I write songs. Then, I record them. And, later, maybe I perform them on stage. That's what I do. That's my job. Simple.

— Van Morrison

✗Opposing Perspectives

Being a songwriter does not rely on an audience or other band members or a camera. I can just sit in a room and write songs.

— Rick Springfield

Either you write songs or you don't. And if you do write songs like I do, I think there's a natural desire to want to make records.

— Roger Waters