Carly Craig Quotes

There's many, many ways to write a song. But generally, sitting down at a table and writing is not one of them.

When I sit down to write a song, it's a kind of improvisation, but I formalize it a bit to get it into the studio, and when I step up to a microphone, I have a vague idea of what I'm about to do.

Writing songs is really about writing. It's not about necessarily focusing on one particular style or making it one particular thing.

I always try to write a song, I never just want to write a record.

I'm an intuitive musician. I have no real technical skills. I can only play six chords on the guitar.

I've written many extra verses to songs that I learned to sing - an extra verse about a friend, or just add some verse - and that led to writing my own songs.

I don't think I approach my songs differently from other artists. You get a big picture of it, and you imagine the song and hear and feel it, and that big picture is like a snapshot, and it comes to you as fast as it takes to click a camera.

I've always been a fan of just writing songs and making music.

The creative part for me is making songs, and that's what I really love the most, and that's what I've always done for every band I've ever had.

I'm not an intellectual composer.

I don't know what really makes a great musical or not. In the end, you write it, and you write it because you want to write it.

The melody will tell me what the song should be about, the tone of the song. That's when the intellect comes in. Because I have a list of possible titles and concepts, and I expand on that.

I play guitar all the time, and I'm constantly thinking of songs... Every time I pick up a guitar, I come up with different riffs, all different bands I've been in. Sometimes there is a song or riff that could only belong with Slipknot, and I just can't use it for anything else, regardless of whatever happened.

I've finally figured out how to make a Rodney Crowell record, and that's let it be, leave the mistakes.

I had a really pleasant time composing music for 'Raaga.'

I started out with piano when I was little. That, for songwriting, is my favorite instrument.

I am so highly skilled that when I pick up a phrase and then pick up my guitar, a form comes out almost immediately - a song - and once I start, I have to finish it.

I think it's down to our songs - we've always made sure every song on every album works.

I feel so lucky that I feel the music is at the forefront of Audioslave, and the songs are the most important thing.

The creative process of composing music has always fascinated me.

I'm not one of those guys who can just take a guitar into a room and come out with a song. I need all my instruments dotted around.

I always try, when I'm singing songs, to interpret them the way that I would've arranged them. I think about the melody first, and then I pull out my guitar and start singing it.

I don't like pre-written raps; I think it makes the song better if you listen to the beat first. In a sense, you have to make a marriage with the beat. I ride the beat, hear the flow of the drums, get the melody of my flow, and then from that point, it's a process of what I want to say.

It doesn't really matter what chords I play, what words I say or time of day it is, as it's only a Northern Song.

If I write songs and I think they sound good, then that's it. That's what I do. I'm not a technical musician, which is fine for rock and roll.