Songwriters On Songwriting Quotes

“I can't discard a verse before it is written because it is the writing of the verse that produces whatever delights or interests or facets that are going to catch the light. The cutting of the gem has to be finished before you can see whether it shines. You can't discover that in the raw. ~ Leonard Cohen”
― Paul Zollo, Songwriters On Songwriting

“Pythagoras felt that specific notes affected people to very minute gradations of feeling. And every songwriter, I think, knows that D is a great key for a long song. It just happens to work. And B flat is always a great jump key for jazz.
~ Janis Ian”
― Paul Zollo, Songwriters On Songwriting

“I've noticed that TV commercials are often in C.”
― Paul Zollo, Songwriters On Songwriting