Alex Turner Quotes

Writing songs is a trade like anything else.

Songwriting is what I am trying to stay good at and get better at.

Songwriting is as much a craft as a talent.

Songwriting is an art unto itself, not to be confused with performing.

I had a good guitar, and I was a young, young kid.

Composing is my life blood.

Don't try to follow any trends, just concentrate on writing great songs and knowing your instrument. All the other stuff will fall into place.

I wrote music. I was in a hardcore band when I was 14, and I wasn't good enough to play anyone else's songs, so I had to write my own.

Songwriting is a muscle. The more you do it, the better you get at it.

I'm a musician first and sight has never had anything to do with it.

My passion is more in songwriting than ... in being a star.

Without passion, all the skill in the world won't lift you above craft. Without skill, all the passion in the world will leave you eager but floundering. Combining the two is the essence of the creative life.

Songwriting is best. It's the hardest ... finest ... tightest. It also requires the most discipline.

What I do as a songwriter is a constant force in my life, that I'm grateful to have.

It takes more talent to write music, but it takes more courage to write lyrics.

I've done so much songwriting and I know how to do it.

Since age seven, I've been composing and have never stopped composing, yet, the creative process is as elusive to me as it has ever been.

Music is in my DNA!

Acting may be how I've made my living, but music has always been my passion.

It doesn't take me long to write songs.

I've always been insecure about my singing. That's why I've focused so much on my songwriting.

Singing is and always will be a part of my life.

I had no aspirations to be a musician, but I picked up a guitar for two seconds and haven't put it down since.

I'm an interpreter of music.

Songwriting's never been a natural art for me; it's always been a bit of a struggle.