Matt Romagna

Songwriter, producer, artist (100M+ streams) exploring creativity, the craft of songwriting, and the philosophy of living a meaningful creative life.

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you have all the time in the world

you just need to learn how to use it

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Leonard Cohen would write not knowing whether it was a song or a poem… that’s the kind of writer I wanna be.

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@NathanealGlgz thank you Nathaneal.

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the best way to say thanks for your creative gift is to share it with others.

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sometimes you write a song
sometimes a song writes you

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I didn’t start writing songs until I was 24,

I didn’t move to LA until I was 30,

at 36, I moved to Nashville and started sharing my own songs again.

Truth is, I’ve always felt too late���

But looking back, I’ve always been right on time.

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your work reflects how closely you’re paying attention to your life.

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Your music carries the mood you bring to the room.

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I don’t know where this song came from.

But once it showed up, I knew how to finish it.

Because I was deeply intimate with the character in the story.

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Strong writing sounds intentional because it is.

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The page resists you when you’re getting close to something real.

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The act of writing shows you what you care about by what refuses to leave you alone.

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The page is patient.

It’s waiting for your truth.

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Writing is a way of holding experience still.

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Writing is how you learn what you actually think.

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Writing reveals what your intuition has been trying to tell you.

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Writing is the bridge between what you feel and what you understand.

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your best songs come with a sense of surprise.

the best surprises happen when you surprise yourself.

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Sometimes the page knows what you mean before you do.

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@ommanuscripts well said Orion, i couldn’t agree more.

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Good writing is less about control and more about discovery.

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