Grace Chatto Quotes

Music. It's all creativity right here, right now.

A composer is a guy who goes around forcing his will on unsuspecting air molecules, often with the assistance of unsuspecting musicians.

I wanted to write songs that were as good as the covers.

I just can't wait to continue creating music.

I love writing music.

We write our own songs, play our own instruments.

I don't have a journal; I write music.

What's cool about making music is when you create a record, it comes from somewhere.

I like to compose, but only for myself. I write my own lyrics and compose the music around them.

Music is all about creativity.

In music, I don't think there's any need to be an all-rounder and do everything yourself. Play to your strengths, and do what you feel. Or do whatever the material itself demands. In this case, I felt like it would benefit from me singing, and I wanted it to have that sound.

I write my music.

I may like the Blizzard best, of all the songs I have written.

I really, really like writing songs.

First and foremost, I consider myself a songwriter.

I do believe that when I'm writing music, I get addicted to the music of the concept of what the outcome of the song is, or the passion behind the lyrics.

I have writing songs on my own for about six years.

Out of all the artistic things I do, music is the most rewarding because it's so hard to write songs.

The parts I enjoy playing aren't really available to me. So I have to write them.

I think to be a good songwriter, you have to be able to play an instrument.

We worked very hard to make the lyrics suit the music. I can't, like Elton John, for example, compose by lyrics. Elton has a great talent for that. Whatever you give him, including your questions, he composes in half an hour and makes a great song out of it.

There's something to writing a hook and something to writing a memorable melody. That's what I liked about musicals. Then I realized I could write my own songs, and I didn't have to sing other people's.

After Mad Season, I started writing my own music for Pearl Jam and brought it in. 'Given To Fly' came out of that, and so did 'Faithful' - those were on 'Yield,' which came after Mad Season.

I don't write duets - I write songs for my voice.

I'm a songwriter and producer, so I'm always wanting to make my own stuff, and not use anybody else's.