Lucy Dacus Quotes

I write songs, and I sing them. I never formulated a plan; I can't tell anyone else how to do this. But it feels right, so I just kind of enjoy it and get on with it.

I always loved singing and writing poetry. I always loved music, and I've loved writing my whole life. When I put them together, it was probably in my early 20s where I put words to music for the first time.

I wrote my first song when I was six or seven, a silly little song. But I used to write poems in high school - not songs.

I didn't really know what I was doing when I started. I just started writing songs. After two songs I just continued to explore it.

I realized that music was the only thing I really thought about - music and writing.

I've been writing and composing songs since I was 5 years old.

Every song has a bouquet, which is the music. If you can put words with something that is really apt, then you've done it.

A lot of the great songwriters in history have been collaborators, with a separate lyricist.

I sang and wrote songs when I was 12 years old.

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.

Most of the songs I wrote are personal.

I dream about singing. I would love to sing and write.

The beauty of being a musician is writing songs. That's the best part. It's therapeutic and honest and private.

Acting is awesome, but I'm really, really able to express myself creatively in music.

I started playing guitar when I was 13. I'd written a few songs on the guitar over some time. I'd written a book of poetry, and I got a book of lyrics that I had when I was a kid.

I just want to write a great lyric and write a great song, and everything else is icing on the cake.

I've been writing songs on little pieces of paper since I was a little kid, and it's just always been something I've done.

Songwriting has always been close to me.

I've always loved both writing and songwriting. The journey is fascinating to me.

People called me Cilla when I was little because I was always singing and writing poems.

The very first song I ever wrote was called 'I See Between The Trees,' when I was 9. It was really bad.

Instead of singing in the shower, I would write out the lyrics of my favourite songs, the ink would turn the water blue or red or green, and the music would run down my legs.

I've been singing since I was two. Music was my first passion and I love writing, singing, creating and being creative.

It would be fun to write with Adele, actually. She seems like a fun girl to write with.

Being a songwriter is really the base of being an artist, for me.