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Songwriter

And he didn't necessarily know aboutthe sort of music that I was into, but he could seeI...

And he didn't necessarily know about
the sort of music that I was into, but he could see
I was passionate about music and him as a teacher just encouraged that,
to the point that he'd let me leave school early on a day to
catch a train to London to go play a gig

Full Transcript

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And he didn't necessarily know about the sort of music that I was into,
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but he could see I was passionate about music
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and him as a teacher just encouraged that, to the point that
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he'd let me leave school early on a day to catch a train to London to go play a gig.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
00:54:00
Uploaded
Jun 21, 2025
Genres
documentary, music
Production
Murray Pictures

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Movie Summary

'Songwriter' is an intimate and personal look into the writing process of one of the world's biggest artists - Ed Sheeran.
Is that my handwriting? Oh, no, there I am. - Songwriter 00:04
Is that my handwriting? Oh, no, there I am.
There were a lot of teachers at my school who, I think, - Songwriter 00:06
There were a lot of teachers at my school who, I think,
I remember like dropping out of school and moving to London - Songwriter 00:06
I remember like dropping out of school and moving to London
This is not gonna work out. You want to be a famous musician, do you?" - Songwriter 00:08
This is not gonna work out. You want to be a famous musician...
I kinda view songwriting as like a dirty tap in an old house - Songwriter 00:08
I kinda view songwriting as like a dirty tap in an old house
You switch on the dirty tap and it spits out - Songwriter 00:09
You switch on the dirty tap and it spits out
Then it starts flowing clean water, and then little bits of grit still come out, - Songwriter 00:06
Then it starts flowing clean water, and then little bits of ...
When I first started writing songs, they were terrible. - Songwriter 00:04
When I first started writing songs, they were terrible.
And that was the mud and grit coming out, and I was unplugging it. - Songwriter 00:05
And that was the mud and grit coming out, and I was unpluggi...
And I tried to write two or three songs a day for a while, - Songwriter 00:06
And I tried to write two or three songs a day for a while,
Now and then you'd get the odd good song, - Songwriter 00:06
Now and then you'd get the odd good song,
And then once it all... Once all the bad songs have gone, - Songwriter 00:06
And then once it all... Once all the bad songs have gone,
Now and then, I'd write a bad song, - Songwriter 00:10
Now and then, I'd write a bad song,
Try and write a song a day, even if it's terrible, - Songwriter 00:09
Try and write a song a day, even if it's terrible,
I have notes on my phone - Songwriter 00:06
I have notes on my phone
I remember, the way that I wrote "A Team" is, for a month, I had a... - Songwriter 00:05
I remember, the way that I wrote "A Team" is, for ...
I had friends that sold cocaine from just skating to people. - Songwriter 00:04
I had friends that sold cocaine from just skating to people.
And just selling it, and my initial thing was "Johnny is in the Class A Team," - Songwriter 00:07
And just selling it, and my initial thing was "Johnny i...
Then I went into in a homeless shelter I met this girl called Angel - Songwriter 00:07
Then I went into in a homeless shelter I met this girl calle...
And, like, the next thing I wrote down was "Her face crumbling like pastries." - Songwriter 00:10
And, like, the next thing I wrote down was "Her face cr...