I'm not a big songwriter guy. People who are really good…

When you research prolific songwriters, it is usually later in their career they write songs that they distance themselves from, or it's about other…

— Paloma Faith

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

— Ahmet Ertegun

We singer-songwriter people, we're used to getting up and doing our own thing in front of people, and we're it. We're the band, artist,…

— Andy Wilkinson

It's a whole package, singer/songwriter. I like writing but I like performing just as much.

— John Hiatt

Everybody wants to write a hit song, but in Nashville people want to write the best song, which was my original intention as a…

— Melissa Manchester

I knew that I wanted to be a singer/songwriter when I was much younger and, um, I've been able to, you know, to realize…

— Annie Lennox

I think being a singer-songwriter... your job is to tell a story that other people can't really tell themselves.

— Gabrielle Aplin

Being singer/songwriter implies versatility and being able to create more than one medium, and R&B artist is a box, simple as that. It is…

— Frank Ocean

The worst thing for a singer/songwriter is to run out of songs.

— Michael Kiwanuka

I think being a singer-songwriter... your job is to tell a story that other people can't really tell themselves. And I really hope that…

— Gabrielle Aplin

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

— Colbie Caillat

Like I say, I'm always writing and if something sticks, it sticks. I get to write with great songwriters in town. Lori McKenna is…

— Tim McGraw

You know you don't really need the band or the singer/songwriter in the same way, so you look at everything as part of your…

— DJ Spooky

If somebody says 'singer-songwriter' to me, the first person I think of is James Taylor. There are plenty of modern singer-songwriters, but there is…

— Zachary Levi

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