Songwriter Quotes · Page 10

I don't analyze songs because I think it will make me a better songwriter, I just do it out of sheer curiosity.

— Finneas

For a songwriter, you dont really go to songwriting school; you learn by listening to tunes.

— Tom Waits

As a songwriter, I don't rush. I may sit on lyrics for two years before the music hits.

— Ben Harper

You always have to work to become a better singer, songwriter and performer.

— Luke Bryan

When you label something a singer-songwriter record, you cover many genres.

— Brian Fallon

I'm a songwriter who's put my childhood memories and teenage angst into songs.

— Paula Cole

Whenever a songwriter writes a big hit, then the next 20 songs they write - no matter how bad they are -…

— Ahmet Ertegun

Conflict is a great thing to start with. For me as a songwriter, I am constantly trying to solve problems.

— Rachael Yamagata

Years ago when I was in a cover band and we were playing dances, that was quite a different thing. You were…

— Andy Wilkinson

I think I'm an artistic radical, and I think I'll be recognized as one. I'm a really good musician and a songwriter,…

— Billy Corgan

I've managed to keep a lot of respect in radio because I write my own stuff. I've had a lot of success…

— Eddie Rabbitt

I am at my core a singer/songwriter a la James Taylor or a la Billy Joel. It's not that I don't want…

— Brian McKnight

As a songwriter, I think that comes with the territory. The older you get, you like to say it doesn't matter, but…

— Five for Fighting

I'm glad that people realize that I am a songwriter. I just want them to take away the fact that I'm honest,…

— Dominic Fike

As a songwriter and as a vocalist, Adele is amazing. You have that. But then there's something about her that's just very…

— Greg Kurstin

I'm a super specific songwriter. I always have been. I think the most impactful songs are specific. Broad storytelling just isn't fun…

— Olivia Rodrigo

The greatness of Mac Rebennack, alias, Dr. John, also known as John Crieux, rests on his command of the musical use of…

— Jon Landau

Social media is a giant distraction to the ultimate aim, which is honing your craft as a songwriter. There are people who…

— Bryan Adams

“I have hope in who I am becoming. I have belief in every scar and disgraceful word I have ever spoken or…

— Charlotte Eriksson

I think the nature of songwriters is that they are philosophers, and philosophers have a bent towards poetry and songwriting, so I…

— Tom T. Hall

You can't write a song out of thin air. You have to feel and know what you are writing about. ... Talent…

— Irving Berlin

I've definitely become more commercially successful. I think everything has changed over the past two years. People seem to take me seriously…

— Charli XCX

“I want to learn how to speak to anyone at any time and make us both feel a little bit better, lighter,…

— Charlotte Eriksson

My plan was always to leave school and live in a flat with some friends, have a 9 to 5 job, and…

— Ella Henderson

I started being a songwriter pretending I could do it, and it turned out I could.

— James Taylor

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

— Gabrielle Aplin

I'm a songwriter and producer, so I'm always wanting to make my own stuff, and not use anybody else's.

— Jonas Blue

I'm a songwriter. I need silence to hear the melodies, so I don't fill the days with a lot of sound.

— Mike Love

I'm a songwriter, principally, and I was real excited that people liked my songs, but you get a bit of an ego…

— Rick Springfield

I'm a very slow songwriter; it takes me sometimes years to write one song, if I ever finish.

— Michael McDonald

I love to rock 'n roll. But my finest suit, of all the things I do, is as a songwriter.

— Dan Fogelberg

There's no one songwriter in the band. It's collaborative, and we all have different tastes.

— Aaron Dessner

I'm a songwriter, and if it wasn't for country radio, I really wouldn't have many other outlets.

— Uncle Kracker

I think that any songwriter - and I think that Bob Dylan knows this more than all of us - you don't…

— Leonard Cohen

I guess if I'd have more of a producer attitude, maybe I'd sell more records. But I'm basically a songwriter.

— J. J. Cale

Labrinth is a super talented singer, producer, songwriter from London.

— Estelle

As a songwriter, I'm not necessarily writing about myself or my life.

— Ben Gibbard

The majority of people know me as a dancer, but they don't also know that I'm a director, a songwriter and a…

— Cris Judd

I've always loved songwriting, and I vowed to be a songwriter like Cole Porter when I was only 9 years old.

— Mel Brooks

"Country" has become a marketing term. I see myself as a songwriter.

— Rosanne Cash