Songwriters On Songwriting

Where better to learn about being a songwriter than from the mouths of the best in the business? Covering many genres of popular music this is a must read for modern songwriters.

Songwriters On Songwriting: Revised And Expanded by Paul Zollo, includes ten new interviews including Alanis Morissette, Lou Reed, Lenny Kravitz, and others, building on the stack of interviews from previous editions which includes Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, Neil Young, Frank Zappa, Sammy Cahn, David Crosby and Graeme Nash, Madonna, Richard Thompson, and Bruce Hornsby to name but a few.

In total 62 of the greatest and most influential songwriters around talk about their experience of songwriting. It's nice for a change to hear such successful songwriters exposing their muse and voicing their thoughts, feelings, and opinions about songwriting.

The author, Paul Zollo is a singer-songwriter and the editor of SongTalk. He has written for magazines including Sing Out!, Acoustic Guitar, and Musician.

Side Note: Interestingly Bob Dylan states his belief that the world doesn't need any new songs. Just what songwriters everywhere want to hear! Way to go Bob!