A songwriter's supreme challenge is being complex and simple at the same time — Paul Simon Copy Share Image
It's a whole package, singer/songwriter. I like writing but I like performing just as much. — John Hiatt Copy Share Image
I'm probably much more influenced by film-makers and painters than I am by other songwriters or poets, — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think to be a good songwriter, you have to be able to play an instrument. — Joe Cocker Copy Share Image
Good songwriters write about what consumes their heart, and ours is about our relationship with God. — Bart Millard Copy Share Image
I think that's an interesting point of being a songwriter, is to write songs that make people think. — Joshua James Alphonse Franceschi Copy Share Image
A girl that's a musician is just such a turn-on. Creative people who are songwriters. — Calum Hood Copy Share Image
Christmas, my child, is love in action." ~ Dale Evans (1912-2001), American film actress, singer and songwriter. Wife of Roy Rogers. — Dale Evans Copy Share Image
I'm just a singer/songwriter and entertainer and I miss people and the energy of the crowd. When I play live it's a… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
Singers, musicians, and songwriters don't want to use the word "acting" because we want it to be more real than that -… — Ronee Blakley 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
Ohhhso hard to say, but George Harrison was pretty darn special. Such a great guybeautiful person and amazing songwriter/musician. A real honor… — Chuck Leavell Copy Share Image
There aren't more lady songwriters for the same reason that there aren't more lady doctors or lady accountants or lady lawyers; not… — Dorothy Fields Copy Share Image
There are so many great songwriters that I love and respect, it's an honor to get the opportunity to sing any of… — Sonny Burgess 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
There is an old Arabic proverb, 'When the king puts the poet on his payroll, he cuts off the tongue of the… — Pete Seeger Copy Share Image
For me, the intent in a song is to sing it. I compose songs, meaning I'm writing words to be set to… — Cornelius Eady Copy Share Image
My songs emerge unbidden and unplanned and completely on a schedule of their own...We have, all of us, over the years, written… — David Crosby Copy Share Image
I respect Chris Carrabba as a songwriter and I also respect his past. He's got this fierce, straight edge, kind of hardcore… — Stephan Jenkins 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
It's been really cool to me to watch someone like Sam Hunt, whose lyrics and roots are in country but you can… — Kelsea Ballerini Copy Share Image
John McCutcheon is not only one of the best musicians in the USA, but also a great singer, songwriter, and song leader.… — Pete Seeger Copy Share Image
Hanson is not the pop band that a lot of people think we are. I think we're a lot more rooted in… — Isaac Hanson Copy Share Image
Paul Simon once said that a songwriter's supreme challenge was being complex and simple at the same time-writing songs with lasting depth… — Paul Zollo Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
No matter how many people try, no matter how many fancy songwriters in Los Angeles try to break it down to a… — Lauren Mayberry Copy Share Image
Patti [ Scialfa] was an artist and a musician and she was a songwriter. And she was a lot like me in… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
I would sooner be robbed by a fan than a company. The fan may be broke and have but one choice. There… — Mickey Newbury Copy Share Image
Like I say, I'm always writing and if something sticks, it sticks. I get to write with great songwriters in town. Lori… — Tim McGraw Copy Share Image
I didn't know if it would be a successful one, or what the stages would be, but I always saw myself as… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
Definitely. More and more I understand that it's very fine not to know where you come from. There is line in a… — Amelie Nothomb Copy Share Image
A lot of songwriters have written about soldiers and war, but very few have written with them. — Mary Gauthier Copy Share Image
I'm lucky to be collaborating with a lot of great songwriters/producers - and it's all about chemistry! — Sigrid Copy Share Image
![“Patti [ Scialfa] was an artist and a musician and she was a songwriter. And she was a lot like me in that she was transient also. She worked busking on the streets in New York. She waitressed. She had - she just lived a life - she lived a musician's life. She lived an artist's life. So we were…” quote by Bruce Springsteen](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/4b6/bruce-springsteen-546_art_patti-scialfa-was-an-artist-and-a-musici_3047221.jpg)
![“Definitely. More and more I understand that it's very fine not to know where you come from. There is line in a song by Georges Brassens [French singer-songwriter]: 'Les imbciles heureux qui sont ns quelquepart.' I will never be one of the happy stupid that were born somewhere. This way of life is…” quote by Amelie Nothomb](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/70d/amelie-nothomb-1581_born_definitely-more-and-more-i-understand-th_1751287.jpg)
