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I grew up reading the 'Village Voice' and wanting to be one of these multidisciplinary music writers, film writers, book writers. And I lucked out getting a job at the 'Voice' right after college. -- Colson Whitehead
In my imaginary utopian world there would be a greater allegiance between music writers and musicians. -- Emily Haines
The producers and writers of dance music are becoming the stars, not so much the DJs. -- Kaskade
I think fan fiction is the way most writers start, and the same goes for music and design. -- Malorie Blackman
I don't generally listen to music while working, but sometimes music can help me get past minor writer's block. -- David Liss
I've always wanted to make music like people write plays, so I was inspired by writers as much as musicians. -- St. Vincent
I alone of English writers have consciously set myself to make music out of what I may call the sound of sense. -- Robert Frost
I write music all the time. When I talk about having writer's block, it's more to do with lyrics than anything else. -- Sarah McLachlan
I'm clearly most well known for my music. Eventually, ultimately, I'll be writing books. I'm still writing articles now. I just consider myself a writer. -- Alanis Morissette
As a co-writer of the Mumford's songs, I'm always quite insecure about the music - I find it hard to accept any praise or feedback. -- Ben Lovett
I think my knowledge of music theory is rooted in jazz theory, and a lot of the writers of standards - Rodgers and Hart, and Gershwin. -- Zooey Deschanel
Growing up with country, R&B, gospel, and classical music from my grandmother and pop, Tuskegee was the perfect melting pot for my influences as a writer. -- Lionel Richie
I'm inspired by artists and musicians. There are so many wonderful and talented people in the world. I love discovering new music, new writers, or new art. -- Alicia Keys
I've built my whole life around loving music. I'm a writer for 'Rolling Stone,' so I am constantly searching for new bands and soaking up new sounds. -- Rob Sheffield
One of the hardest things about writing lyrics is to make the lyrics sit on the music in such a way that you're not aware there was a writer there. -- Stephen Sondheim
I'm not a lyric writer to make statements. What I enjoy doing is making paintings with lyrics, creating colorful images. I think that's more what entertainment and music should be. -- Chris Cornell
Working on a play is a vibrant and collaborative business. Everyone from the choreographer to the music director to the director to the writers work together toward the same goal, and everyone chimes in on everything. -- Trey Anastasio
When the band begins to get a name for themselves, and the writers get assigned to bands, they'll hit somebody who just doesn't like that kind of music, or they love hip hop but hate guitar rock. -- Kim Deal
Probably having fallen in love with music and movies at a young age and then first learning about writing by kind of following the path of writers like Dave Marsh and Lester Bangs and being a rock journalist. -- Cameron Crowe
Every writer writes in different ways, and so some write the music first, while others write the lyrics first, and some write while they are doing other things, and it is just nice to see how other writers are writing. -- Valerie June
Some writers are curiously unmusical. I don't get it. I don't get them. For me, music is essential. I always have music on when I'm doing well. Writing and music are two different mediums, but musical phrases can give you sentences that you didn't think you ever had. -- Barry Hannah
I am one of the best five writers to come out of English music since the war. -- Roger Waters
Art inspires me. Looking at art in a museum, listening to music, reading the works of other writers. -- Theodora Goss
Too many of these writers in the music papers, they are misunderstanding everything. The disco sound is not art or anything so serious. -- Giorgio Moroder
The writers and producers always have an idea, then they cast the role and the instrument starts to tell them how to play the music. -- Rene Auberjonois

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