I guess if I'd have more of a producer attitude, maybe I'd sell more records. But I'm basically a songwriter. — J. J. Cale Copy Share Image
When you label something a singer-songwriter record, you cover many genres. — Brian Fallon Copy Share Image
I'm a songwriter who's put my childhood memories and teenage angst into songs. — Paula Cole Copy Share Image
You always have to work to become a better singer, songwriter and performer. — Luke Bryan Copy Share Image
I don't analyze songs because I think it will make me a better songwriter, I just do it out of sheer curiosity. — Finneas Copy Share Image
For a songwriter, you dont really go to songwriting school; you learn by listening to tunes. — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
As a songwriter, I don't rush. I may sit on lyrics for two years before the music hits. — Ben Harper Copy Share Image
As a songwriter, I go into the studio, and I just try to write a great song. — Luis Fonsi Copy Share Image
The exciting thing about a songwriter is that, you know, particularly if you're a songwriter and an artist and you play the… — Stevie Wonder Copy Share Image
Widespread Panic discovered a couple of my songs and started doin' 'em on the gigs. They'd take a song and expand it… — J. J. Cale Copy Share Image
Music is my personal addiction. So much of everything I've done has only been to open more doors for the music itself.… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
You know that first love that leaves you? You never forget that, especially if you're a songwriter. I must have gotten nine… — John Prine Copy Share Image
Anyway, in my performance style, I'm a singer-songwriter. People can call it neo-soul or R&B or whatever. But at the core, when… — India.Arie Copy Share Image
I think I'm a songwriter. I grab an instrument to make my body a song, but I'm not a player as such,… — P. J. Harvey Copy Share Image
The songwriter mustn't fall in love with his own song. If it doesn't belong, he can't push it into a show. Let… — Dorothy Fields Copy Share Image
You can't write about stuff you don't know about. You have to live it. You have to roll up your sleeves and… — Dierks Bentley Copy Share Image
As an artist, I always just want to grow as a songwriter. I listen to a lot of music. I listen to… — Trip Lee Copy Share Image
We singer-songwriter people, we're used to getting up and doing our own thing in front of people, and we're it. We're the… — Andy Wilkinson Copy Share Image
I feel fortunate that I've had a lot of songs recorded by other people, because I take my songwriting very seriously. It's… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
I guess it's just my job to somehow balance knowing that every song is going to come differently and be different, but… — Brett Dennen Copy Share Image
But if you want to be a songwriter-based musician, whether you play punk or rock or country or jazz, whatever, you have… — Amy Ray Copy Share Image
None of us went to university, none of us went to college, none of us played in a different band before, none… — Noel Gallagher Copy Share Image
My father was an aspiring country singer and songwriter. He just didn't get that off that ground. I was afraid, very tentative… — Ronnie Dunn Copy Share Image
The most rewarding possible thing that a songwriter or an artist of any kind can experience is to hear firsthand from the… — Dan Mangan Copy Share Image
I'm a songwriter, principally, and I was real excited that people liked my songs, but you get a bit of an ego… — Rick Springfield Copy Share Image
I'm a songwriter. I need silence to hear the melodies, so I don't fill the days with a lot of sound. — Mike Love Copy Share Image
I started being a songwriter pretending I could do it, and it turned out I could. — James Taylor Copy Share Image
Conflict is a great thing to start with. For me as a songwriter, I am constantly trying to solve problems. — Rachael Yamagata Copy Share Image
Whenever a songwriter writes a big hit, then the next 20 songs they write - no matter how bad they are -… — Ahmet Ertegun Copy Share Image
I think being a singer-songwriter... your job is to tell a story that other people can't really tell themselves. — Gabrielle Aplin Copy Share Image
I'm a songwriter and producer, so I'm always wanting to make my own stuff, and not use anybody else's. — Jonas Blue Copy Share Image
I never look for music by genre. I look for an artist who puts a dependable trademark on things. Like Elvis Costello… — Todd Rundgren Copy Share Image
I've always been jealous of rappers, because they can fit so many words into a song and tell a story with lots… — Skylar Grey Copy Share Image
When you first start out, people think this is super easy and you find your crew super quick. But you've really got… — Julia Michaels Copy Share Image
I've never seen myself as a strictly political songwriter in a sense, but I think in the world that we live in,… — Declan McKenna Copy Share Image
You need to understand that a skilled professional songwriter can accelerate your success as an already talented musician. These people are writing… — Kara DioGuardi Copy Share Image
I think part of my job as a songwriter is to go back in my memory and pull up those pains for… — Gregory Porter Copy Share Image
I don't think there's any problem with working with a songwriter or a producer, but I just don't think you should completely… — Howard Lawrence Copy Share Image
Springsteen's 'Thunder Road' and Carole King's 'It's Too Late' are examples of why I am a singer/songwriter. I practice these songs every… — Alice Ripley Copy Share Image
I don't like the idea of a singer-songwriter record. I don't picture myself that way, and it's not my favorite sort of… — James Mercer Copy Share Image
