I never thought of myself as a performer or songwriter or…

I've grown in a lot of ways - as a musician, as performer, as a songwriter.

— Lights

Music is my personal addiction. So much of everything I've done has only been to open more doors for the music itself. It all…

— Dolly Parton

I'm a songwriter-singer. I'm very vocal oriented, of course, but songwriting - no matter whether it's for myself or another artist - is of…

— LP

Whenever I fill out the job description I put 'songwriter', never 'singer' or 'artist.' Singers come and go.

— Brian McKnight

I think I'm much more of a guitar-songwriter than a singer. I start with chords and then test out melodies rather than improvising over…

— Soccer Mommy

When I started as a kid, I wanted to be a piano player and songwriter. I only became a singer by accident.

— Frank Sinatra Jr

When I started out in this business, I was a performer before I was a songwriter, I was a performer before I was recording.…

— Van Morrison

For me, as a performer or a songwriter, Stevie Nicks is always a huge inspiration as well as Iggy Pop.

— Justin Tranter

I never thought of being a performer, never thought of being a singer, never thought of being a photographer. It's just the trajectory of…

— Patti Smith

I worked with my parents on the stage in production numbers since I was 4, but I never really gave much thought to being…

— Helen Reddy

I have always thought of myself as a performer first and way down the line as a recording artist.

— Leo Kottke

I always thought that it was every performer's dream. That's the epitome of being an artist, being able to express song, dance and acting…

— Deborah Cox

I find writing songs hard, because it does not come naturally to me. I never set out to be a songwriter or a singer.

— Robert Wyatt

To be a songwriter-singer means the songs come from deep within, and you treat them as an artist, with that much respect. I couldn't…

— Roy Orbison

I definitely always thought of myself as a songwriter before a singer.

— Julia Michaels