Songwriter Quotes · Page 9

The best business decision I've made was to become a songwriter. I can't say that I have a worst, because I don't…

— Christina Milian

I'm always shocked by that! I'm not the singer, I'm the songwriter who sings.

— Nina Nastasia

I've always been around musicians and always been the songwriter who doesn't end up playing the music.

— Alex Ebert

I was a songwriter; that was the torch I carried. This is an honorable profession. This is what I do.

— Rosanne Cash

Throughout my career as a songwriter, I've had a knack for writing songs that were about me and my life experiences and…

— Richie Sambora

As a songwriter, your songs are, in a way, like your children - you want them to be appreciated.

— Mike Love

I was an unknown singer-songwriter in a sea of white-guy singer-songwriters.

— Noah Kahan

I'd like to eventually be known as someone who emerged as a songwriter.

— Jason Bonham

I'm the only girl songwriter that fights for a lot of things. I fight for songwriting fees, which record labels want you…

— Ester Dean

For a songwriter, you don't really go to songwriting school; you learn by listening to tunes. And you try to understand them…

— Tom Waits

I think that I have come at it backwards in a way because a lot of what I'm doing as a songwriter…

— Mirah

I met PJ Harvey when I was in England, and the first thing I want to do when I meet a songwriter…

— Valerie June

The one mentality I've always tried to have is that no matter what stage in your career that you are in as…

— Nick Jonas

I had no idea I was gonna be a songwriter, because I was too young to know my own evolution. I started…

— Amanda Shires

I always was really confident about myself, about my voice, myself as a person, my body, all of those things, but as…

— Beth Ditto

But I really do have a soft spot for the solo shows. Any musician who writes and sings will tell you that's…

— Ben Folds

My plan was always to leave school and live in a flat with some friends, have a 9 to 5 job, and…

— Ella Henderson

You can't write a song out of thin air. You have to feel and know what you are writing about. ... Talent…

— Irving Berlin

Being in two full-time rock bands is pretty impossible. I love to tour but I have a dog and I want to…

— Neko Case

Taking a song and bringing it to life in a professional recording studio can be an intimidating process at first; I know…

— Colbie Caillat

As a songwriter, you're never off - for me, anyway. There's a certain mentality of people that decide, "Oh, we're going to…

— Kenny Chesney

I still have my first paycheck. It was just, I think, a dollar or two that I got when I started as…

— Dolly Parton

My favorite songwriting trick is writing something like 'XO.' In my brain, I thought, 'This is probably going to be a love…

— Kelsea Ballerini

You can go out and find ways to make your own record and get it out there now. If you really want…

— Steve Earle

"Country" has become a marketing term. I see myself as a songwriter.

— Rosanne Cash

I've always loved songwriting, and I vowed to be a songwriter like Cole Porter when I was only 9 years old.

— Mel Brooks

I was being categorized as some kind of twangy songwriter. And that's just not how I see myself.

— Kathleen Edwards

I honestly don't class myself as a songwriter. I've got 'musician' written on my passport. That's even funnier.

— Robert Smith

“An artist must be passionately in love with her art. Obsessed or possessed ― go mad for what you believe in.”

— Charlotte Eriksson

As a songwriter or artist, there's only so many ways you can say, 'I love you' or 'I think you're beautiful.'

— Tyler Farr

“Don't be afraid of the dark Look inside Grab your heart Let it shine If it's dark outside Shine your light”

— Will.i.am

As much as I love being a singer-songwriter, I love throwing down on stage and letting it all out.

— Tift Merritt

As a singer-songwriter, what I do is write about how the human feels.

— Bjork

I'm a commercial-minded songwriter. I'm here to make a living and be on the radio.

— Shane McAnally

What formed me as a musician, a songwriter, the sound and personality of my band, a whole lot of that happened well…

— Chris Cornell

As a songwriter, we're looking for a good story, and we're always looking to push the limits.

— Jon Pardi

A songwriter should have friends who are similarly interested; should move about in the milieu of work he has chosen for himself.

— Dorothy Fields

My writing voice is a little quirkier, more singer-songwriter-y than the Top 40 stuff I cover.

— Sam Tsui

I'm not only a songwriter but I'm a massive music fan and I love going to shows. It's different than reading a…

— Craig Finn

I like the idea that a song can be something that you can lean on, both for the songwriter and for the…

— Rostam Batmanglij