I will say one thing: Mick Mars is one of the greatest…

The songwriters whom we think of being the greatest songwriters usually write one hit and six or seven flops.

— Ahmet Ertegun

I'd like to talk to Bob Marley. I'd just like to ask him what was his method. Bob is one of the greatest songwriters…

— Bruno Mars

Today, I'd like to talk to Bob Marley. I'd just like to ask him what was his method. Bob is one of the greatest…

— Bruno Mars

I don't know what he wants to do musically, but at the end of the day, I love Mick Mars - he's one of…

— John Corabi

Probably the art, in that a lot of the people who I want to collaborate with can do something that I can't do. Like…

— Ben Chasny

The songwriters whom we think of being the greatest songwriters usually write one hit and six or seven flops. That includes the Irving Berlins…

— Ahmet Ertegun

When I first got to Motown, Smokey was already a fixture there. To me, he is one of the greatest songwriters and poets, so…

— Dennis Edwards

Of all the early breakthrough rock and roll artists, none is more important to the development of the music than Chuck Berry. He is…

— Cub Koda

I try to imagine what the greatest song I could ever write would sound like, and then try to do it.

— Andrew W.K

This was the first time that he has ever looked into the labyrinth of the human soul. He was very far from understanding what…

— Halldór Laxness

“He did not know what to say in the face of such sorrow. He sat in silence by his sister's side in the spring…

— Halldor Laxness

When Chuck Berry came along, what he did was more rock & roll than it was blues. It was more exciting. He was like…

— Steve Miller

'The Impossible Dream' is, in my opinion, one of the greatest songs ever written. Here is a man, an old man, a very old…

— Christopher Lee

Breaking Benjamin, talk about songwriting, I mean, some of the greatest songwriters of the modern era. And, obviously, it's a little heavier.

— Synyster Gates

I find the greatest songs in the world come out of pain, and I don't like it! Here's what it does: It strips away…

— Lionel Richie