I don't have to compete in the charts. I can just be myself as a musician, a songwriter and play with the… — Elton John Copy Share Image
I was like, 'Josh Tillman, you are not a songwriter. You are an ape. Stop thinking of yourself as a songwriter.' — J. Tillman Copy Share Image
I find writing songs hard, because it does not come naturally to me. I never set out to be a songwriter or… — Robert Wyatt Copy Share Image
All the best bands have to have more than just one strong songwriter. — Kim Shattuck Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I could never have dreamed of picking up an Ivor Novello for anything... but for Songwriter Of The Year, it's just amazing. — Craig David Copy Share Image
As a singer-songwriter, a solo artist with a guitar, I can only write so many weepie little bedroom songs. — James Bay Copy Share Image
As a songwriter there's nothing more exciting than the unknown, the new and different. — Neil Diamond Copy Share Image
I always was really confident about myself, about my voice, myself as a person, my body, all of those things, but as… — Beth Ditto Copy Share Image
But I really do have a soft spot for the solo shows. Any musician who writes and sings will tell you that's… — Ben Folds Copy Share Image
I had no idea I was gonna be a songwriter, because I was too young to know my own evolution. I started… — Amanda Shires Copy Share Image
I'm a songwriter first...In my career I have never felt that my being a woman was an obstacle or an advantage. I… — Carole King Copy Share Image
I want to keep growing as a musician. I want to keep making records. I want to keep improving as a songwriter.… — Rosalia Copy Share Image
A lot of people are coming down on people taking old rock 'n' roll songs and making commercials out of them, but… — J. J. Cale Copy Share Image
I've been adjusting to what it means to be a songwriter, figuring out what I like about it and what I don't… — Lucy Dacus Copy Share Image
There's a lot of craft that goes into achieving a hit song - at the beginning of your career, you're usually more… — Kara DioGuardi Copy Share Image
I'm more critical of my songwriting than anybody, but I've worked really hard in the last five to 10 years to improve.… — Beck Copy Share Image
Whether you're talking about Shakespeare or, you know, if you look at Greek tragedies. I mean, every playwright, every songwriter, every artist… — Sarah Jones Copy Share Image
Several years ago, I was asked by a songwriter's association to go to Nashville - I think it involved some kind of… — Justin Hayward Copy Share Image
I was a very romantic, overly dramatic young lady, which served me well as a songwriter. Especially as someone who had to… — Jane Wiedlin Copy Share Image
I knew that I wanted to be a singer/songwriter when I was much younger and, um, I've been able to, you know,… — Annie Lennox Copy Share Image
When I first started writing songs, I was probably about ten or twelve years old, and the first thing you think as… — Michael Bacon Copy Share Image
I've always been a singer-songwriter - it started off with me and the guitar, just writing songs, they were very simple. When… — Zella Day Copy Share Image
As a songwriter, I try not to be sloppy; same with the music. You can be very lean, very efficient, so you're… — John Fogerty Copy Share Image
