Quotes by category:Writing

Whether we like it or not, life has a lot of drama and pain. But God is writing a great story. Are we going to let Him? Are we going to trust Him?

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You don't have to say everything to say something. by Beth Moore

You don't have to say everything to say something.

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Writing songs always trumps whatever else was on the schedule, it really is the most important and can be so fickle, you have to grab it when it's there.

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For the most part I write very stream of consciousness. I basically need to be recording an entire writing session because it's almost like I black out and just start singing whatever is on my mind and forget it as soon as I stop.

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All songs are already perfectly written. It is the writer's job t... by Beth Nielsen Chapman

All songs are already perfectly written. It is the writer's job to find it and get it on paper.

Beth Nielsen Chapman

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I'd rather write great songs because the word "commercial" is so... by Beth Nielsen Chapman

I'd rather write great songs because the word "commercial" is so subjective

Beth Nielsen Chapman

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The way I write, words can means lots of different things. by Beth Orton

The way I write, words can means lots of different things.

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When I first started writing, a friend said I should be careful because I'm letting people know how to reach right in and play with my workings. And they do!

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I've also been writing with my guitarist, Ted Barnes, and he's amazing. Writing with him has taught me a lot about my own writing process, in the sense that it's incredably personal to write with someone else from scratch.

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I love to write the weird and creepy stuff! by Beth Revis

I love to write the weird and creepy stuff!

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I'm working all the time. When I'm home I try to split my time evenly between resting and preparing for another tour, and writing stuff.

Bethany Cosentino

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I'm really proud to be a woman making music. Nothing makes me happier than when other women approach me at shows and say, "You've inspired me to start writing music," or, "I feel like we could be best friends." Music is a male-dominated business, so it's nice to see bands with girls in them, and not just a bunch of dudes with beards in flannel shirts.

Bethany Cosentino

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It's scary when you get to a point where you write these songs that people like, and then you think, "Am I ever going to be able to write something better than that?"

Bethany Cosentino

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I don't think lyrics need to be deep - just write whatever comes out of you. You don't need to find intense meaning in everything.

Bethany Cosentino

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I enjoy writing. I enjoy communicating and connecting. by Bethenny Frankel

I enjoy writing. I enjoy communicating and connecting.

Bethenny Frankel

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Writing is like anything - baseball playing, piano playing, sewing, hammering nails. The more you work on it, the better you get. But it seems to take a longer time to get better at writing than hammering nails.

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For me, reading books and writing them are tied together. The words of other writers teach me and refresh me and inspire me.

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The world doesn't fully make sense until the writer has secured his version of it on the page. And the act of writing is strangely more lifelike than life.

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The world doesn’t fully make sense until the writer has secured his version of it on the page. And the act of writing is strangely more lifelike than life….every person who does serious time with a keyboard is attempting to translate his version of the world into words so that he might be understood…. Your job is to marshal the talent you do have and find people who believe in your work. What’s important, finally, is that you create, and that those creations define for you what matters most, that which cannot be extinguished even in the face of silence, solitude, and rejection.

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Asking for advice about what you should write is a little like asking for help getting dressed. I can you tell you what I think looks good, but you have to wear it. And as every fashion victim knows, very few people look good in everything.

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