Adam Schlesinger Quotes

Most of everything I've ever written actually was written on acoustic. 'Do You Feel' was written on electric. 'I'm in You' was written on piano.

Usually I write on guitar.

I actually write more on guitar than I do on piano.

For me, songwriting is really where it's at. I turn to use the guitar just to help me write the songs. That's it. As a result, my guitar playing suffers pretty horribly.

I usually write lyrics first, and then when I get home or close to any kind of instrument, I usually make a melody for those lyrics.

When I write the music for any of my songs, I write as a composer-lyricist in my head.

I spent the summer of '88 indoors, writing 'Shoot You Down,' 'Bye Bye Badman,' and 'Don't Stop.'

Obviously when you write songs you've got to record them, but just writing the songs is one of my favorite things to do.

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've never had trouble finding inspiration for new songs, no matter what I'm doing.

I usually dream of melodies. When I wake up I have them in my head. I usually come up with things in the middle of the night because that's when my mind is the quietest. I always have my tape recorder, pen and pad by my bed just in case.

I used to live with J.D. Souther, and I would watch him write. He's be sitting, he'd say something, and then he'd write it down. That's craft.

I have to have a guitar sitting around. I sing in the shower. I sing around the house. The music comes secondary. The lyrics come first.

I'll sit around and play my guitar; that's how I write tunes.

I've always tended to write songs prolifically.

I write in all keys. I've always written in all keys. I've probably written a lot of songs in A.

I can write hundreds of songs on simple power chords.

I actually write my own music whenever I have a chance. I play guitar and sing.

I keep this crazy notebook of song ideas.

I think I'm a songwriter. I grab an instrument to make my body a song, but I'm not a player as such, maybe a little more on guitar, but certainly not piano.

I write while I'm walking, on little scraps of paper. If I have a melody going, I can feel it for days.

The first time I tried to write was when I was 14, after I got an electric guitar. I put a song together, and it wasn't that bad! The writing came natural to me.

Songwriting is something that's very daunting until you have your first successful song, I think.

For me to create an album of 12 songs, I've got to write about 80 songs. Half of those are totally weird and rubbish. But I get to some really good stuff after a while.

Every song I write, including 'Too Close,' always starts on the guitar.