I want to become one of the songwriting greats. That's my…

Proving everyone wrong is my number one goal.

— Ja Morant

I have big dreams. I want to keep songwriting. Direct films. Be a parent.

— Sia

So at the end of the day, our number 1 goal, our top priority, is to motivate American youngsters to reject the abuse of…

— Barry McCaffrey

My number one goal is to love, support and be there for my son.

— Farrah Fawcett

My number one goal in all this is to take care of my family.

— Josh Hart

I feel like I kind of earned my stripes working with The Stereotypes. It was maybe my 6th songwriting session I've ever been to,…

— Kim Petras

I think writers have become hypnotised by the number of jokes on the page at the expense of character.

— Sherwood Schwartz

Presidential primary debates are an important part of our political process. But the media has wrested complete control from the parties and candidates over…

— Mark McKinnon

A children's author on a soapbox is not a pleasant sight but I have become drawn into issues, slightly unwillingly, relating to young people,…

— Anthony Horowitz

Songwriting is like editing. You write down all this stuff - all this bad, stupid stuff - and then you have to get rid…

— Juliana Hatfield

I got signed with the songwriting deal when I was sixteen and they were really great - my publishers, who to this day are…

— Lights

You wind up creating from silence, like painting a picture on a blank canvas that could bring tears to somebody's eyes. As songwriters, our…

— Rodney Atkins

Most of us have the residue of thousands of songs in our ears, that if you end up songwriting, I think you're mostly smoking…

— Tom Waits

Teasing out the way the world might look through another's eyes is what makes the creative process so fascinating and enjoyable.

— Stephen L. Carter

Every time I finish a song... most of the time it's in my own head, like this sounds too much like a Townes Van…

— Conor Oberst