The hack songwriter will write the absolute truth every single word, whether it makes a great song or not. — Paul Westerberg Copy Share Image
If anything, I want to be seen as a singer-songwriter rather than a pop artist. — Lykke Li Copy Share Image
Being a songwriter, my job is just to write songs for people. I'm not attached to them. — Poo Bear Copy Share Image
Being a songwriter, singer, and a great part of a unit is more important than being Joe Guitar Hero. — Vivian Campbell Copy Share Image
I wasn't getting any work as a songwriter in Texas because I was only known as a fiddle player. — Amanda Shires Copy Share Image
Every songwriter lives to have at least one song that a cab driver who asks 'You write anything I know?' will recognize. — Rupert Holmes Copy Share Image
Music is cyclical and as an artist and songwriter, you need to be able to predict what trend is coming next. — Wendy Starland Copy Share Image
I'm really not a songwriter, so if I hear a song, I feel it and like it, I'll do it. But I'll… — Glen Campbell Copy Share Image
I'm a pretty successful songwriter and known in some circles, but I didn't think the story of my career was of any… — Rodney Crowell Copy Share Image
I'm not a great guitarist, but I do bits and bobs. I'm mainly a songwriter and a composer. I've done a lot… — Matthew James Thomas Copy Share Image
Someone had an eye on me as I was leaving high school. I had a chance to record demos, but they were… — Hozier Copy Share Image
For me, the most challenging thing was developing myself as a songwriter and as a performer and as the leader of a… — Juliette Lewis Copy Share Image
When I hear the piano played in a compositional way, like in a songwriter's way in a compositional way, there's a certain… — Chick Corea Copy Share Image
Due to my work as a musician, songwriter, recording artist and author, hundreds of people stream in and out of my basement… — Dan Hill Copy Share Image
If you're a songwriter, you want to write a song like "Oh Yeah" that radically shifts everything. You can definitely retire on… — Margaret Cho Copy Share Image
To be a songwriter-singer means the songs come from deep within, and you treat them as an artist, with that much respect.… — Roy Orbison Copy Share Image
My main goal as a songwriter is to make something that inspires people. To write things about my life that people can… — Kate Voegele Copy Share Image
The thing about being a songwriter, once you realize you are one, is that to provide ammo, you start to become an… — Keith Richards Copy Share Image
Some things lend themselves well to songs, some things don't, and I'm learning that a lot at the moment. It's still a… — PJ Harvey Copy Share Image
I like myself better when I'm writing regularly. ... I was influenced a lot by those around me-there was a lot of… — Willie Nelson Copy Share Image
Just in general as a person, not necessarily as a songwriter, being in cities wasn't the right fit. I couldn't escape and… — Justin Vernon Copy Share Image
I was a very romantic, overly dramatic young lady, which served me well as a songwriter. Especially as someone who had to… — Jane Wiedlin Copy Share Image
Several years ago, I was asked by a songwriter's association to go to Nashville - I think it involved some kind of… — Justin Hayward Copy Share Image
I'm more critical of my songwriting than anybody, but I've worked really hard in the last five to 10 years to improve.… — Beck Copy Share Image
