Famous Quotes & Sayings

John Lennon

Songwriting is about getting the demon out of me. It's like being possessed.

James Taylor

I started being a songwriter pretending I could do it, and it turned out I could.

Martin Freeman

I enjoy fighting scenes. I like fighting in film. I like pretending to fight in films.

Barbara Kingsolver

I'm not pretending to be ingenuous; I know what I'm doing.

Andrew Lincoln

I spend my working life pretending to be someone else.

Olivia Hussey

When I was a little girl, I used to walk around with a towel on my head, pretending I was a nun. And then one day my mother said, 'Why don't you just become an actress, and then you can pretend you're a nun.'

Orson Scott Card

I'm right here. This is who I really am. I'm not pretending.

Anders Holm

Back in college, I remember shooting stupid videos with my friends. It would be us going around town in capes pretending we were superheroes.

Abraham Foxman

This is not a documentary, and nobody's pretending it is.

Julian Barnes

Wisdom consists partly in not pretending anymore, in discarding artifice.

Julian Barnes

I’ve always thought you are what you are and you shouldn’t pretend to be anyone else. But Oliver used to correct me and explain that you are whoever it is you’re pretending to be.

Brian Setzer

The songwriting has never really stepped forward from the '50's.

Amos Lee

Songwriting isn't always something that's directly proportionate to the experience.

Smokey Robinson

Songwriting is my gift from God

Nick Cave

Songwriting, I have to take myself away from everybody to do. It's an unsightly act.

Norah Jones

All is fair in love and songwriting.

Emeli Sande

Songwriting is my main thing. I know that I'll do that for the rest of my life.

Lou Reed

You can't ask me to explain the lyrics because I won't do it.

Mike Gordon

A lot of the great songwriters in history have been collaborators, with a separate lyricist.