The four-time Grammy-nominated singer, songwriter and producer speaks with The Hollywood Reporter about his creative process and no. 1 songwriting essential: "I take it everywhere I go." By Erin ...

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John Prine wrote the lyrics to “Hello In There” while delivering the mail on his postman route. Later, he found the chords and melody to go along with the words. John Legend prefers to write the ...

"But I think we work really well under pressure in some cases, in most cases." "I'm still trying to figure that out," he confessed. "I think that's the eternal [mystery] because, with writing, there's ...

J. Cole recounts the difficult recording process of his new single Disc 2, Track 2. On Tuesday (Jan. 20), music journalist ...

And remarkably, some 60 years after his heyday, the composer-lyricist is having a moment. In A Quiet Place: Day One, a woman who may be the last human survivor on a Manhattan infested with aliens ...