And I can say this, most of the people who have recorded my songs are songwriters themselves. — Smokey Robinson Copy Share Image
Some people are songwriters, and some people are just recording artists. I'm both. I write and record. — Frankie Ballard Copy Share Image
I'm basically a songwriter, man. Songwriters are down in the fine print, you know? And I really enjoy that. — J. J. Cale Copy Share Image
Traditionally, songwriters can't sing. And that holds true in my case, also. — John Phillips Copy Share Image
What I do as a songwriter is a constant force in my life, that I'm grateful to have. — Lucinda Williams Copy Share Image
I am one of the best singer-songwriters this country has produced. Ever. — Mick Hucknall Copy Share Image
No matter what, Daron is one of the best songwriters I've ever seen in my life. — John Dolmayan Copy Share Image
All the songwriters that I worked with said they'd like to work with me again. Such things serve as much inspiration for… — Seungri Copy Share Image
I remember one day going in the studio to sing and then going to work with three separate songwriters before I came… — John Waite 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
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
My only concern about art collaborations is that I never thought of myself as an Artist. My tax forms say Musician/Songwriter. — Sufjan Stevens Copy Share Image
I do have a romantic interest in outlasting everybody else. There's a sort of sad machismo to singer-songwriters, I think. — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
There are certain topics songwriters stay away from because it's hard to go there. I didn't sit down and go, 'I want… — Robert Coppola Schwartzman Copy Share Image
Singer/songwriters spend two or three years making an album, and then it goes up for sale and everybody pirates it and you… — Cliff Martinez Copy Share Image
It seems like songwriting for most songwriters is only one season in their life, a five or ten year period. For me,… — Rodney Clawson Copy Share Image
I'm doing more deep listening, which is part of the role or job of the songwriter. I think with a lot of… — Mirah Copy Share Image
With the Republicans controlling both houses of Congress, this is the Eisenhower-era revisited. It's ostrich time, where people are looking for comfort… — David Fricke Copy Share Image
I tended not to be concerned about whether a song was going to be a hit when I wrote it. Because it… — Hal David Copy Share Image
Although I have guitars all around and I pick themm up occasionally and write a tune and make a record, I don't… — George Harrison Copy Share Image
Years ago when I was in a cover band and we were playing dances, that was quite a different thing. You were… — Andy Wilkinson Copy Share Image
I'm almost a black singer. And without the backbeat, it's singer/songwriter. There's a definite choice to be made there, every time. And… — John Waite Copy Share Image
Jonas' music is inspiring, energizing, and spiritually uplifting. A brilliant songwriter, he writes music that reaches deep into the soul and awakens… — Marci Shimoff Copy Share Image
You can't write a song out of thin air. You have to feel and know what you are writing about. ... Talent… — Irving Berlin Copy Share Image
“Now, as I understand it, the bards were feared. They were respected, but more than that they were feared. If you were… — Alan Moore Copy Share Image
There are many influences in my music, not only blues. R&B, Motown, gospel, old timey, jazz, even classical are all part of… — Rory Block Copy Share Image
As a songwriter, you're allowed to write anything, and as a person, I am all colors in the rainbow. I've been through… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
I feel fortunate that I've had a lot of songs recorded by other people, because I take my songwriting very seriously. It's… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
I went to high school right outside Dallas, and (songwriter and performer) Michael Martin Murphey was a senior there when I was… — Ray Wylie Hubbard Copy Share Image
My identity is mostly as a songwriter and lyricist and singer. I also have a lot of production ideas but I have… — Mirah Copy Share Image
Trying to make your own sound is hard. When I was producing for other artists, I could just produce and write songs… — Karl Wolf Copy Share Image
My attitude these days is, if you write a bad song, what are they gonna do, throw you in songwriter jail? — John Hiatt Copy Share Image
Probably most successful songwriters have an innate songwriting ability. — Barry Mann Copy Share Image
I wanted to honor [George Gershwin]. He's a great American songwriter. — Kristin Chenoweth Copy Share Image
So many songwriters peak in their early 20s because they're living off their passions. — Dan Hill Copy Share Image
I fell in love with Nashville and wrote with some of the best songwriters here. — Brooke Hogan Copy Share Image
Sara Bareilles is one of my favorite singer-songwriters of all time. — Kirstin Maldonado Copy Share Image
In many ways, Viv and I were the only ones who were really songwriters. — Neil Innes Copy Share Image