Ed Sheeran Quotes

It's not like making records is terrible. Still, I do find the writing of the songs and the live shows to be the things that give you the most clear picture of what it's all about.

New songs are why artists go on the road. That's why I go on the road. It's a three-prong play. Writing: You're intrigued. Recording: It brings it to life. And then you want to share it.

I could write all songs all day long about what I think about the music industry or music in general. Sometimes I gotta be like, "Let's write about something else." You don't want to say the same thing over and over again. In a lot of ways, I look at records as a year or two of my life encapsulated in songs. They're almost like journal entries.

That's what I like to do, I like to make songs.

I do a lot of performing, but don't get a chance to go to the studio and write good music.

I've always been a fan of just writing songs and making music.

I just to put out the best records I can and perform the best I can.

All I ever wanted was to perform, make music, make videos.

I started singing and writing songs since childhood and later started releasing my independent music.

I love writing and producing but I don't think a lot of people know my artist stuff.

I write songs, I play instruments, and I produce music that comes out for the world.

If I weren't a performer, I would be still be writing and songwriting. Plus, I also really want to get into producing.

I just want to focus on creating more music.

We're always recording music, writing songs.

I just want to make that my life: recording music and trying to write a good song every day.

I consider myself a songwriter... I guess the business end is my songs and the fun part is playing the guitar.

There is plenty of people I'd love to collaborate with, would love to produce with, would love to write songs with.

I can put some chords together and maybe write a song, but I'm learning every day. And that's the fun part.

At the beginning of my career, I saw an opportunity to forge new ground and focus on songwriting. Not many people were doing that at the time. Pretty much nobody. I thought I could write some really cool songs that would rise above all these dozens of genres that exist within dance music. I'd make it more about the songs. For the last 20 years, I've been sharing stories of my life through music. I've been writing songs about my life.

This is the city that taught me how to write all of these cool songs. Yeah, you guys definitely need a royalty.

What I like doing is writing and recording and much more on the, I guess, the - on that creative level. It's fun interpreting songs and all that, but I wouldn't like it as a living.

I think there’s no greater joy than completing a song out of thin air. It’s like inventing something, but it’s invisible, you know? It’s weird. It amazes me. You can send it out in the world, and that’s the joy. It’s like giving birth to all these songs and letting them go like they’re your kids.

I like the process of writing songs. It makes me feel good.

I've always been an all around creative person. Song writing and writing are great ways for me to express myself.

I enjoyed singing, I loved song writing, I loved recording. All those things that involves with creating music was great.