Andrew Ridgeley Quotes

I got a guitar when I was six and, instead of learning other people's songs, started to try to write my own, even at that young age.

When I was a kid, I wrote music - from the age of 11 until the age of 18.

George was getting alot of independence for himself in those days. He was writing more, and wanted things to go his way - where, when we first started things basically went John and Paul's way. You know, 'cuz they were the writers.

I've always written poetry and lyrics. My first husband, who was a musician, we wrote a bunch of songs together.

I'm definitely responsible for coming in with some basic chord changes, or ideas. Everybody in the band looks to me to come up with the basic seed, so it's not very productive to come in with nothing.

I started writing songs at age 15.

I've been writing songs since I was a little boy. You know, I think I wrote my first song when I was 11.

I started writing songs when I was eight.

I taught myself to play the guitar by listening to Paul Simon records, working it out note by note. He is an incredibly intelligent musician. He's not someone who has a natural outpouring of melody like McCartney or Dylan, who are just terribly prolific with musical ideas.

She could only write with him at night and she was wasting her days just sitting around. So he thought I could write with her during the day. And that was Carole King.

The only thing I don't write is the guitar solos, but even then I might suggest one or two things.

For 'Hey Monday,' there were songs that I co-wrote with songwriters or producers, but our last EP, the whole band did everything together. I've had a lot of experience with co-writes, which is basically what I'm doing now. I am writing things on my own, but I really believe co-writing makes you a better writer.

I've been writing songs since my teens.

Johnny Andrews can make me fly with his ideas for new songs. It has always been a pure pleasure to write with him.

I started quite late. I only discovered that I could write a song when I was, like, 17... some musicians, they're starting out, writing songs when they're, like, 12, 13. I never thought I would go into songwriting when I was that young.

When I was about 11 years old, I wrote a song with my dad. Then in high school I started more writing.

Composing is just another exciting thing. It's as exciting as being in a band. It's kind of like joining a new band for three months.

I've been writing and composing songs since I was 5 years old.

I think a lot of the Mothers stuff that we recorded was written while we were on the road.

I have a very solo career. I only write with people that I really adore.

Because of my interest in songwriting, I was invited to visit a friend in L.A. for songwriting sessions with him and his friends. We wrote six songs by the end of the weekend, and 'Hide Away' happened to be one of them!

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

I'm not musically inclined. It blows my mind that people can write music. I don't have that talent; I look up to the people that do.

I learned that the songs that mean the most to me are the songs that I write by myself. While there were people I wrote really well with, particularly Gary Nicholson and Delbert McClinton, and I really enjoyed the experience, I came away from it feeling like I need to write by myself.

I used to live with J.D. Souther, and I would watch him write. He's be sitting, he'd say something, and then he'd write it down. That's craft.