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Songwriter

So, we're goingto Thomas Mills High School now, and I'm gonna teach some music

So, we're going
to Thomas Mills High School now, and I'm gonna teach some music

Full Transcript

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So, we're going to Thomas Mills High School now,
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and I'm gonna teach some music.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
00:52:25
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.
This is the award I got at school when I was 16 - Songwriter 00:05
This is the award I got at school when I was 16
And we're gonna see Mr. Hanley, who's a lad, a really cool guy. - Songwriter 00:06
And we're gonna see Mr. Hanley, who's a lad, a rea...
And every time I speak to him now, - Songwriter 00:06
And every time I speak to him now,
He wasn't like a rigid music teacher in the sense that he was like, - Songwriter 00:11
He wasn't like a rigid music teacher in the sense that ...
And he didn't necessarily know about the sort of music that I was into, - Songwriter 00:12
And he didn't necessarily know about the sort of music ...
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