Mat Kearney Quotes

I'm always writing music.

I could care less about the particular. I like to make music.

I fell into lyric writing because of music. I backed into it.

I would write poems and think up melodies to them later.

When I graduated high school, I bought a guitar and, at first, didn't really think I'd get into the songwriting thing as much as I did. But after learning a few songs of other people's to play on the guitar, I got bored with that and just started writing songs on my own, and that's kinda how it came about.

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

I know already the music I will write. But the words? I have not yet decided.

I've written many extra verses to songs that I learned to sing - an extra verse about a friend, or just add some verse - and that led to writing my own songs.

I can get a tune out of most things with strings, but I'm not really sure I'm what could be called a musician. I find it fascinating working with people who can play other instruments and sing.

I would enjoy venturing into music, as I do write songs and compose music! And, of course, dance, rhythm and performance are in my blood, so eventually I see myself doing something in that area, surely!

I think that what I'm interested with is the creative side of music-making, rather than all the travelling.

I'm always writing. And, I mean, I always counsel people when they call me a musician: I really do not have the skills of a musician. I really don't think like a musician, though I love music and I perform and sing.

My earliest attempts at writing were when I was seven. I would sit at the piano and transcribe the songs I heard on the radio. I'd change little things in the music and write different lyrics.

I don't really love to perform in music. Some people like it more, but it's not my thing so much, but just the writing, when you get the lyric, and the lyric just goes just the right way, or you find the right bridge that takes you to the solo, and those moments are tremendous, and it's difficult to portray.

I do always the music before the lyrics. The story or an idea for the lyrics appears during the composing process normally, but some other times I already have a strong idea of the story I would like to sing before any music comes to my mind.

Of course, you can't teach songwriting. You can only encourage people to do it and help them to sort out for themselves what they want to achieve, and get a list of exercises together that improves the craft and gives them more access to the craft of writing good songs.

I'm usually just writing lyrics alone in my room, but I'm happy to be producing and writing chords anywhere.

I'm always interested in writing. I keep music in journals on an everyday basis. I'm always looking for ideas that can be music.

I guess I started writing poetry and stuff and then decided to set it to music.

When it comes to music, it's my clothes, it's my guitar, it's my voice, it's my song.

I love music in general. It's like girls and their clothes and shoes; when you love shoes, you love shoes. So, for me, I think it's a really dangerous thing to say I'm going to write the best dance song in the world.

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

I've always thought of music as something which gives the words their flight and their wings and the music often comes first, although sometimes I'll have a concept, a title idea, a lyric idea that I want to write and the lyric will come first.

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

Yes, basically, like you said, I'll work out a chord pattern and work out the lyrics over that.