Songwriter Quotes · Page 11

What formed me as a musician, a songwriter, the sound and personality of my band, a whole lot of that happened well…

— Chris Cornell

I'm a commercial-minded songwriter. I'm here to make a living and be on the radio.

— Shane McAnally

A songwriter should have friends who are similarly interested; should move about in the milieu of work he has chosen for himself.

— Dorothy Fields

As a songwriter, we're looking for a good story, and we're always looking to push the limits.

— Jon Pardi

I like the idea that a song can be something that you can lean on, both for the songwriter and for the…

— Rostam Batmanglij

I'm no songwriter because all of my popular songs have just been outgrowths of themes for the various pictures.

— Henry Mancini

I'm not a big songwriter guy. People who are really good singer-songwriters usually left me kind of cold.

— James Murphy

My writing voice is a little quirkier, more singer-songwriter-y than the Top 40 stuff I cover.

— Sam Tsui

I am nervous that the craft of songwriting is taking a nose dive...And since I'm a songwriter and I connect with an…

— Barry Manilow

It was really hard to find people to come over and play guitar and sing and write songs together. So that turned…

— Jack White

“You read and write and sing and experience, thinking that one day these things will build the character you admire to live…

— Charlotte Eriksson

If you're a songwriter, you want to write a song like "Oh Yeah" that radically shifts everything. You can definitely retire on…

— Margaret Cho

To be a songwriter-singer means the songs come from deep within, and you treat them as an artist, with that much respect.…

— Roy Orbison

It is setting goals and trying to be a business person, but at the same time not losing sight of who you…

— Christine Lavin

As a songwriter, there's nothing better than winning Song Of The Year. But I couldn't really celebrate, because it wasn't right. Luther…

— Richard Marx

If I hear one of my songs by anybody, it's a dream come true every time for me as a songwriter, because…

— Smokey Robinson

My father was a songwriter and he had a studio, and I was always surrounded by musicians and people creating music. I…

— Lorne Balfe

Looking back on my whole experience, the biggest takeaway was just being proud of what you do, and knowing that it's okay…

— Tobias Jesso Jr

I made a promise to myself to write songs I liked. I'm an acoustic singer/songwriter, and I need to be able play…

— Shawn Colvin

I built a reputation as a songwriter in the industry before my own hits. People were used to coming to me for…

— Emeli Sande

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

— Gabrielle Aplin

'Aqualung' marks the point at which I had the confidence as a songwriter and as a guitar player to actually pick up…

— Ian Anderson

Akon is a very talented songwriter to work with. His melodies, they're just insane. It's funny, I think about him a lot…

— Lady Gaga

People are going to say, ‘Well, it’s not very truthful.’ But a songwriter doesn’t care about what’s truthful. What he cares about…

— Bob Dylan

I'm not only a songwriter but I'm a massive music fan and I love going to shows. It's different than reading a…

— Craig Finn

I've spent most of my life playing with Tom Petty, and he's a damn good songwriter.

— Benmont Tench

I'm a recording studio guy, an engineer, a songwriter and a guitar player, in that order.

— J. J. Cale

I feel, as a songwriter, it's one of the hardest things to do - to sit down and say how you feel.

— Bruno Mars

I know I'm not the best. I'm not the best singer, I'm not the best songwriter, I'm not the best player.

— Kid Rock

I've retreated to what I was originally, which is an individual songwriter.

— Denny Laine

As a songwriter, it's kind of hard to listen to your own stuff with clarity.

— Stone Gossard

I wanted to be a songwriter.I didn't so much want to be a performer.I more grew into that just from being a…

— Rosanne Cash

I'd rather be known as a songwriter than a guitarist, although I love to play the guitar.

— Rick Nielsen

It is cool to have a label head that is also a songwriter, in a band, and produces records.

— Rivers Cuomo

Almost every band has somebody who's the main songwriter and who has a vision, a very clear idea of how a song…

— Stephen Malkmus

“I wanted to say all these things about how you just have to hold on to the things you love and let…

— Charlotte Eriksson

I started as a songwriter and wanted to be like Leonard Cohen. I've always seen my stories as enlarged songs.

— Kazuo Ishiguro

I am a musician, a songwriter, music fan. I live in New York City and I love my job.

— Hoodie Allen

It was kind of like songwriter's boot camp. You had to produce. You had to produce fast. You had to learn.

— Cynthia Weil

The best business decision I've made was to become a songwriter. I can't say that I have a worst, because I don't…

— Christina Milian