Songwriter Quotes · Page 12

I think what makes me great as a songwriter is there's still an artist behind it.

— The-Dream

As a songwriter, your songs are, in a way, like your children - you want them to be appreciated.

— Mike Love

I was an unknown singer-songwriter in a sea of white-guy singer-songwriters.

— Noah Kahan

I'm always shocked by that! I'm not the singer, I'm the songwriter who sings.

— Nina Nastasia

I was a songwriter; that was the torch I carried. This is an honorable profession. This is what I do.

— Rosanne Cash

I've always been around musicians and always been the songwriter who doesn't end up playing the music.

— Alex Ebert

Throughout my career as a songwriter, I've had a knack for writing songs that were about me and my life experiences and…

— Richie Sambora

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

— Rosanne Cash

Being a better songwriter, that's top of the list because I think that is a very intimidating, difficult task. I really admire…

— Morgan James

I think my favorite artists are honest artists, and as a songwriter, that's what you have to do. You have to be…

— Lauren Alaina

When I started out, I wanted to be Billy Joel. The plan was to be a singer-songwriter of that ilk, and, then,…

— Jason Robert Brown

My number-one goal is to never feel like I'm strictly defining myself. The minute I feel like I'm doing that as anything…

— Amanda Palmer

To have a songwriter that wrote so specifically what I felt to be true... I've never been much of an actor either.…

— Barry McGuire

Slow and quiet is way more difficult than hard and fast, any day of the week. So for me that's always a…

— Josh Freese

I think people appreciate a songwriter who shows different sides. The whole angst thing is cool, but if thats all youve got,…

— Katy Perry

I made numerous attempts to find a way to do it all, to be a creative singer, songwriter, producer, and to be…

— Anita Baker

I consider myself a songwriter before anything else. The fact that I have been able to write both of my records and…

— Kate Voegele

I was sixteen, I became a working guitar player gigging in LA, mostly in top 40 bands, then touring. I learned to…

— Danny Jacob

I think the one I'm most proud of as a songwriter is 'Breaking Your Heart' because it was just a different style…

— Jessie James Decker

“I used to be fine in my loneliness but something or someone snapped me out of it and showed me company. What…

— Charlotte Eriksson

“The thing about being a songwriter is,even if you been fucked over, you can find consolation in writing about it, and pour…

— Keith Richards

I always loved singing, but I thought it was like drawing - just something you do in your own little corner to…

— Lou Doillon

I'd like to think that what I've written over the years and what I'm doing now means something to people. People in…

— Paul Weller

I always considered myself a songwriter, but I didn't move to New York with plans of doing that; it just sort of…

— Kevin Morby

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

— Mel Brooks

I'd like to eventually be known as someone who emerged as a songwriter.

— Jason Bonham

As a songwriter or artist, there's only so many ways you can say, 'I love you' or 'I think you're beautiful.'

— Tyler Farr

“An artist must be passionately in love with her art. Obsessed or possessed ― go mad for what you believe in.”

— Charlotte Eriksson

“Don't be afraid of the dark Look inside Grab your heart Let it shine If it's dark outside Shine your light”

— Will.i.am

I was being categorized as some kind of twangy songwriter. And that's just not how I see myself.

— Kathleen Edwards

I honestly don't class myself as a songwriter. I've got 'musician' written on my passport. That's even funnier.

— Robert Smith

My highest aspirations as a songwriter are that people would sing my songs or know songs I've written sometime in as far…

— Jeff Tweedy

The truth is, I initially became a singer-songwriter while still in my teens because it was the only way to guarantee that…

— Rupert Holmes

I don't think I'm a great songwriter, but I think I've learned a lot about it, and I don't think there's any…

— Norah Jones

“Maybe I can learn to live in a way that makes it worth writing about, and maybe I can actually become something…

— Charlotte Eriksson

I never thought of myself as being a good songwriter. There are a ton of other people that are good songwriters, but…

— Alex Chilton

I might find out about a songwriter and start following them on Instagram. Within a day, we might be hanging out and…

— Frank Dukes

When I got signed as a songwriter, I immediately thought, 'Oh, no one sees me as an artist because I don't look…

— Meghan Trainor

It feels like your subconscious can be way ahead of you, as a songwriter. You can write a song that you think…

— KT Tunstall

The roughest part for me when I'm writing a song is staring at a blank page. Where am I going from here?…

— Bob Weir