Songwriter Quotes · Page 8

What I do as a songwriter is a constant force in my life, that I'm grateful to have.

— Lucinda Williams

I definitely consider myself a songwriter first because that's my best attribute.

— Chad Kroeger

I don't want to live in an ivory tower, being the songwriter who just turns inward.

— Billie Joe Armstrong

I was 29 or 30 when I felt sure of what I was doing, but not fully identifying as a songwriter until I was 37.

— David Berman

I think the biggest thing, for me, was just to be recognized as a songwriter.

— Tiffany Darwish

I think with any songwriter the first 1,000 songs are always terrible.

— Graham Russell

My theory is this; I'm not a political songwriter. I'm an honest songwriter.

— Billy Bragg

Once I'd become a songwriter, it just stays with you. You always want to write more songs because it's such a great…

— Paul Rodgers

I've been so used to being supported by musicians, and I don't class myself as a particularly adept musician on instruments. I…

— PJ Harvey

I'm a songwriter. My voice just serves what I'm writing about. So to let all that go, I mean, bring the sensibilities…

— Rosanne Cash

I wouldn't consider myself a songwriter at all. Maybe I piece together a certain little thing here and there, but songwriters are…

— Frank Fairfield

I don't actually think that I'm a great songwriter - I'm just a really prolific songwriter, and I write so much that…

— Olivia Rodrigo

I think that there have been times, especially with writing songs, where you sit in a room with somebody, and they could…

— Dave Koz

Well, putting words on paper isn't your job. Your job is to go digging around in your soul. And that's the end…

— Radney Foster

I moved to Nashville to be a songwriter. I found out that was a job, that someone would pay you to sit…

— Chris Stapleton

People started recording my songs. Later, I was offered songwriter contracts. And then, finally, I could take the time to work on…

— Kim Petras

I always considered myself a songwriter, but I didn't move to New York with plans of doing that; it just sort of…

— Kevin Morby

I think the nature of songwriters is that they are philosophers, and philosophers have a bent towards poetry and songwriting, so I…

— Tom T. Hall

Social media is a giant distraction to the ultimate aim, which is honing your craft as a songwriter. There are people who…

— Bryan Adams

“I have hope in who I am becoming. I have belief in every scar and disgraceful word I have ever spoken or…

— Charlotte Eriksson

I don't think people really understood what I did. And you know, in my book, 'A Helluva High Note' deals with my…

— Kara DioGuardi

The greatness of Mac Rebennack, alias, Dr. John, also known as John Crieux, rests on his command of the musical use of…

— Jon Landau

I've definitely become more commercially successful. I think everything has changed over the past two years. People seem to take me seriously…

— Charli XCX

“I want to learn how to speak to anyone at any time and make us both feel a little bit better, lighter,…

— Charlotte Eriksson

As a songwriter, I've always loved to tell stories. But in my band, it was always about what would make sense for…

— Cassadee Pope

You probably shouldn't date a songwriter if you don't want to end up on the record.

— The-Dream

When you're a songwriter, you don't have control over which songs get heard and which ones don't.

— Ryan Hurd

It's a songwriter's dream to have a song recorded and run up the charts.

— Valerie Simpson

I'm a songwriter, actually. And when I say I'm a songwriter, I'm saying I can write songs for more than just myself.

— Yo Gotti

I consider myself a songwriter... I guess the business end is my songs and the fun part is playing the guitar.

— J. J. Cale

I feel like, as an artist and a songwriter, I have to reach certain audiences and give people a little bit of…

— Romeo Santos

I'm definitely a singer-songwriter. I'm somewhere in the vein between Elliott Smith and Jack Johnson.

— Bryan Greenberg

I could have become a mime or a juggler, but I became a singer-songwriter instead.

— Vonda Shepard

I think of myself as someone who's trying to be a great songwriter and a great performer. And I mean really great.

— Ezra Furman

“No story is worth telling without the twists and turns. Make them count instead.”

— Charlotte Eriksson

I think what makes me great as a songwriter is there's still an artist behind it.

— The-Dream

“I wanted to say all these things about how you just have to hold on to the things you love and let…

— Charlotte Eriksson

I am a musician, a songwriter, music fan. I live in New York City and I love my job.

— Hoodie Allen

I started as a songwriter and wanted to be like Leonard Cohen. I've always seen my stories as enlarged songs.

— Kazuo Ishiguro

It was kind of like songwriter's boot camp. You had to produce. You had to produce fast. You had to learn.

— Cynthia Weil