Writing Quotes
At art school, a teacher said: 'The best paintings are when you get lost in a piece of work and start painting in a stream of consciousness.' I wanted to do music, not art, so started writing lyrics that way. The first song I wrote was called 'Ice Cream and Wafers.' The next was 'Holding Back the Years.'
We strolled quietly along the edge of the lake. The water sang its soft melody against the rocks.
When I left Flyleaf I really wanted to stay connected with the fans and so I continued to answer emails and tried to write some blogs and stay connected that way and my husband could tell that I was just super heavy about the fans and just being able to reach out to them so he suggested that I write a book.
Since day one, since the first time I touched the pen, I wanted to be the best at what I do.
My passion is bringing storylines around and constructing a full body of work rather than just a 16-bar verse.
A songwriter writes songs all the time, whereas just writing a song can be done by anyone, anytime.
Social media is a giant distraction to the ultimate aim, which is honing your craft as a songwriter. There are people who are exceptional at it, however, and if you can do both things, then that's fantastic, but if you are a writer, the time is better spent on a clever lyric than a clever tweet.
When you start putting pen to paper, you see a side of your personal truth that doesn't otherwise reveal itself in conversation or thought.
When you're at odds with yourself, it's hard to create. Sometimes the writing process is as easy as opening up the window and letting in the breeze. And sometimes it's like chiseling away at a block of granite with a pencil.
Dre, heroes, homeboys, music, industry
But with writers, there's nothing wrong with melancholy. It's an important color in writing.
I think people who create and write, it actually does flow-just flows from into their head, into their hand, and they write it down. It's simple.
It's also not unusual for writers to look backward. Because that's your pool of resources.
John could write a mean song. He had a lot of venom in him. Whereas I had a happy childhood.
The writing process, the way I go about it is I do whatever the beat feels like, whatever the beat is telling me to do. Usually when the beat comes on, I think of a hook or the subject I want to rap about almost instantly. Within four, eight bars of it playing I'm just like, 'Oh, OK. This is what I wanna do'.
I used to write random little stupid things when I was five, but then the first song I really wrote was one called 'Fingers Crossed,' which is on SoundCloud.
When I was four, I wrote a song about falling into a black hole.
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