Famous Quotes & Sayings

James Taylor

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

John Lennon

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

Barbara Kingsolver

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

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.'

Martin Freeman

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

Andrew Lincoln

I spend my working life pretending to be someone else.

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.

Mira Sorvino

Being is like pretending.

Oprah Winfrey

Anybody pretending to be anything other than who you really are-you will never, ever reach your personal potential.

Julian Barnes

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

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.

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.

Nick Cave

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

Smokey Robinson

Songwriting is my gift from God

Norah Jones

All is fair in love and songwriting.