I have confidence in the songs that I've written and I'm…

I always thought of myself as the piano player in the band. That, I suppose, I'm confident about, and I guess my songwriting developed…

— Billy Joel

I can't remember writing any of the songs that I've written.

— Fiona Apple

I want all of my songs to do well whether I've written them or not.

— Leona Lewis

There have been 700 or 800 songs I've written over the last 60 years, as I went through different periods of writing. I listen…

— Neil Sedaka

I've made club songs, and I've made radio songs, and I've made the car songs.

— T-Pain

Some of the best songs I've written, I've written in 10 minutes.

— Christine McVie

The fact is I don't write songs, per se; I've written a couple here and there, but that's not my forte.

— John Dolmayan

I guess I've written enough songs now. I've been doing this for so many years, that it's kinda cool just to be able to…

— King Khan

I must have in stock 3000 songs you've never heard.

— Young Thug

I think all my albums have concentrated on songs, I've never taken the typical Van Halen route to try and become a guitar hero.

— Gary Moore

My album focuses on unrequited love quite a lot because I don't think it's spoken about enough in music. I've been through it myself…

— Sam Smith

I'm always writing songs, and I've got a bunch that I want to record.

— Paul McCartney

Love has sold more songs than you've had hot dinners.

— Keith Richards

A lot of the songs I write are like songs that I've never been able to find on any record, but that I've always…

— Ryan Adams

Even on songs we've got that are about a girl, there's always something there that's a call to insurrection.

— Ian Brown