Evan Dando Quotes

It doesn't take me long to write songs.

The best songwriting comes from being as creative as you can and editing it down to the good bits, essentially.

I'd never written a song before 'The Blood'; I didn't know it was going to be a song.

Literally wrote 'Starboy' in 30 minutes.

There are no rules to writing a song.

So many good songs get written fast, because you know exactly what has to work.

If you can say the lyrics almost like a poem and they stand up, that's a great thing. Some songs have great lyrics and I don't like the melodies, and vice versa.

The very best thing you can do is to try to write a song that has some sort of impact.

As a songwriter, I go into the studio, and I just try to write a great song.

The best way to write a song is to think of something else and then the song kind of creeps in.

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

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.

As a songwriter, you try your best to write a good song, and you like nothing better than hearing a good song. It's easy to admire a great song, and you want to share out of enthusiasm.

I've always tended to write songs prolifically.

Writing a song is actually quite easy. Writing a good one is very, very difficult.

Listen to the Bee Gees and you can learn to be a great writer.

Finding fresh song topics can sometimes be quite difficult.

Because if you've got the wit, you can make anything into a melody, ultimately.

For me, making music just starts with a simple melody, and lyrics will come sometime after that.

I enjoy songwriting. It's slow-motion improvising.

Anyone who writes knows that ultimately the majority of your time is spent alone in a room with a piano or a guitar, no matter what the project is.

The goal is always just to write the best song that you can write. I mean, the process for writing a song is the process for writing a song. It's not something I look at it as something I need to do something different.

The moment I wrote my first song, I got addicted.

I'm still learning a lot as a songwriter. I try to write down and make a note of ideas that I cross paths with on a day-to-day basis, whether it be a conversation or something I hear on the radio, seeing a movie, or just thoughts in my head as I'm walking down the street.

I was a very romantic, overly dramatic young lady, which served me well as a songwriter. Especially as someone who had to focus on lyrics and melody, because if you're a dramatic and romantic person, lyrics come easy, and you turn every single short-term relationship into the biggest 'Romeo-and-Juliet' story ever.