Being a songwriter requires versatility while being an artist requires you to create a cohesive body of work. I truly enjoy both. — Wendy Starland Copy Share Image
Whenever I fill out the job description I put 'songwriter', never 'singer' or 'artist.' Singers come and go. — Brian McKnight Copy Share Image
What made me a comedian was that I wasn't really a songwriter, I was more of a poet. — Tommy Chong Copy Share Image
I didn't want to be this four-chord acoustic singer songwriter because that stuff just got so old to me. — Kathleen Edwards Copy Share Image
As a songwriter, you always look for guys that you can write good with. Show up, have an idea, knock it out… — Jon Pardi Copy Share Image
“Find what makes you happy and go for it with all your heart. It will be hard, but I promise it will… — Charlotte Eriksson Copy Share Image
I think of myself as a producer who tries to bring the best out of everyone, whether that be an artist, songwriter… — L.A. Reid Copy Share Image
As a songwriter, I have a duty to keep my heart on my sleeve because no one else will tell that story. — Griff Copy Share Image
It is setting goals and trying to be a business person, but at the same time not losing sight of who you… — Christine Lavin Copy Share Image
I am nervous that the craft of songwriting is taking a nose dive...And since I'm a songwriter and I connect with an… — Barry Manilow Copy Share Image
It was really hard to find people to come over and play guitar and sing and write songs together. So that turned… — Jack White Copy Share Image
“You read and write and sing and experience, thinking that one day these things will build the character you admire to live… — Charlotte Eriksson Copy Share Image
Being a better songwriter, that's top of the list because I think that is a very intimidating, difficult task. I really admire… — Morgan James Copy Share Image
I think my favorite artists are honest artists, and as a songwriter, that's what you have to do. You have to be… — Lauren Alaina Copy Share Image
When I started out, I wanted to be Billy Joel. The plan was to be a singer-songwriter of that ilk, and, then,… — Jason Robert Brown Copy Share Image
If I hear one of my songs by anybody, it's a dream come true every time for me as a songwriter, because… — Smokey Robinson Copy Share Image
Whether you're talking about Shakespeare or, you know, if you look at Greek tragedies. I mean, every playwright, every songwriter, every artist… — Sarah Jones Copy Share Image
“Living in this skin is hard and painful, most of the times, because I never volunteered to take this on. The daily… — Charlotte Eriksson Copy Share Image
“Cutting my roots and leaving my home and family when I was 18 years old forced me to build my home in… — Charlotte Eriksson Copy Share Image
As a songwriter, I try not to be sloppy; same with the music. You can be very lean, very efficient, so you're… — John Fogerty Copy Share Image
“... and it was quite a sad thing, the way I watched you sleep like nothing could go wrong and I did… — Charlotte Eriksson Copy Share Image
I feel like you become a songwriter when you claim that it's sort of like a switch flipped, and you're always writing.… — Charlie Worsham Copy Share Image
I knew that I wanted to be a singer/songwriter when I was much younger and, um, I've been able to, you know,… — Annie Lennox Copy Share Image
When I first started writing songs, I was probably about ten or twelve years old, and the first thing you think as… — Michael Bacon Copy Share Image
