Adam Schlesinger Quotes

However long the song is was how long it took us to write it.

I met PJ Harvey when I was in England, and the first thing I want to do when I meet a songwriter I admire is to ask them how do they receive songs.

When we write songs, we don't ever sit down to write an Old Dominion song. We just sit down to write the best song we possibly can.

I write the best songs I can.

There's the drums, the music, the melodies, the lyrics, the production, the artwork: there are so many elements to making an album, and the drumming is just a very small fraction of what I focus on.

I don't know about the time those songs were written. But he was jamming with someone in Colorado or San Francisco, and I'm sure he was working on the lyrics right up to the show because they were really relevant for the situation.

When you're writing a song, you have to know two things. You have to know who you are, and you have to think about other people.

I don't sit down to write a song, per se.

I'm a songwriter; that's where it starts. I love writing with someone that shares that same feeling of accomplishment. I'll play music for my fans as long as they'll listen, but I fancy myself as a writer first.

I write songs all the time in my room. I play them for my friends and family.

I never have, but I would love to pick R. Kelly's brain.

I write by myself and then deliver the song. Everybody knows, 'Leave Ester alone when she's in her zone.' Give me a studio and the tracks, and I'll call you when the doctor is done.

There's many, many ways to write a song. But generally, sitting down at a table and writing is not one of them.

I write songs about real things... The subject dictates the mood and it goes from there, really.

Music is an important part of my writing process.

Sometimes my boyfriend would write the lyrics and I would write the melody, and other times I would start from scratch. Or sometimes I would take a local poem and put that to music.

I've always been a composer dependent on texts.

I really like the thing I did with Martina McBride. I had that song sitting around for a long time.

A lot of times when songwriters get together and write a song... somebody will come in with a hook and a lot of times they come out with something that sounds a little crafty.

So many good songs get written fast, because you know exactly what has to work.

I don't think I'm a great songwriter, but I think I've learned a lot about it, and I don't think there's any one way to do it. I don't think I can control it at all. I can just kind of hope that it happens.

I wrote the tunes and sang only nonsense words. Then came Moore and dressed them with the lyrics.

Songs are out there - they're waiting to be grabbed. I start with a phrase, musical and lyrical, words like 'I don't think so' and a nice riff. It rolls from there.

Making music and writing kind of come from the same creative place.

If you want me to work with you, then come with an idea. Come with music.