You probably shouldn't date a songwriter if you don't want to end up on the record. — The-Dream Copy Share Image
I consider myself a songwriter... I guess the business end is my songs and the fun part is playing the guitar. — J. J. Cale Copy Share Image
Once I'd become a songwriter, it just stays with you. You always want to write more songs because it's such a great… — Paul Rodgers Copy Share Image
As a songwriter, I've always loved to tell stories. But in my band, it was always about what would make sense for… — Cassadee Pope Copy Share Image
I like working with other people but I'm not a songwriter, I'm a producer. — Josh Silver Copy Share Image
The way I look at it, I'm a songwriter that just happens to play guitar. — Rick Nielsen Copy Share Image
I never saw myself as the classic singer/songwriter who sticks to his guitar. — Bill Kaulitz Copy Share Image
I thought I was just going to be a songwriter for other people! And now I get to put out my own… — Kim Petras Copy Share Image
You can't write about stuff you don't know about. You have to live it. You have to roll up your sleeves and… — Dierks Bentley Copy Share Image
I never look for music by genre. I look for an artist who puts a dependable trademark on things. Like Elvis Costello… — Todd Rundgren Copy Share Image
When I first started, I worked with three chords in every bar, but I found that tied me down - I'm not… — Neil Diamond Copy Share Image
The most important thing to me as a songwriter is the breath. The most important thing I could say to somebody is,… — Tori Amos Copy Share Image
As a songwriter you have an umbilical cord to the song and it's hard to expand on your understanding of the lyrics.… — K. D. Lang Copy Share Image
I'm more of a songwriter. I love writing songs. I love writing my songs. It's always been writing for me, and it… — Jon Pardi Copy Share Image
Someone like Katy Perry - I like her writing because I listen to music as a songwriter. I like a lot of… — Jimmy Cliff Copy Share Image
For me, Paul Simon has always been an incredible songwriter, as he writes very complicated songs that sound very simple, and he… — Eliot Sumner Copy Share Image
I write a lot from instinct. But as you're writing out of instinct, once you reach a certain level as a songwriter,… — Janis Ian Copy Share Image
“It was a very ordinary day, the day I realised that my becoming is my life and my home and that I… — Charlotte Eriksson Copy Share Image
I'm still learning a lot as a songwriter. I try to write down and make a note of ideas that I cross… — Sam Hunt Copy Share Image
I'm sure I would have been considered a more significant artist if I was a singer-songwriter. It's just not the way I… — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
“So many people will tell you ”no”, and you need to find something you believe in so hard that you just smile… — Charlotte Eriksson Copy Share Image
Growing up as a singer, and a cast member, and now as an adult, a songwriter, I get the luxury of choosing… — Jason Mraz Copy Share Image
A lot of people, Lady Gaga and Katy Perry and a lot of people have written for other people, and of course… — Bonnie McKee Copy Share Image
I didn't want to repeat my mistakes so I stopped, took some time out and started having therapy. My songs were bringing… — Neil Diamond Copy Share Image
I'm basically a songwriter, man. Songwriters are down in the fine print, you know? And I really enjoy that. — J. J. Cale Copy Share Image
A songwriter writes songs all the time, whereas just writing a song can be done by anyone, anytime. — Bryan Adams Copy Share Image
50 Cent's a songwriter. He understood and liked my music, but he didn't understand me. — Danny Brown Copy Share Image
I'm English, and I started off as a songwriter, so I can't really escape that - it's there. — Damon Albarn Copy Share Image
What I do as a songwriter is a constant force in my life, that I'm grateful to have. — Lucinda Williams Copy Share Image
I definitely consider myself a songwriter first because that's my best attribute. — Chad Kroeger Copy Share Image
My attitude these days is, if you write a bad song, what are they gonna do, throw you in songwriter jail? — John Hiatt Copy Share Image
My sister's job does not involve music, but she is an amazing singer and songwriter. — Sigrid Copy Share Image
As a songwriter, I feel like, just for inspiration and research purposes, I have to listen to everything. — Maren Morris Copy Share Image
I write about things I care about, like any songwriter, whether it's a personal thing or not. — Declan McKenna Copy Share Image
If I had to drop everything and just be a songwriter, I would be OK with that because that's the real joy. — John Oates Copy Share Image
Irving Berlin was the greatest songwriter of all time. I was in awe of him. But his music wasn't my music. My… — Jerry Leiber Copy Share Image
One of my first songs I ever got a decent cut on was with a songwriter out of Xenomania, called 'All Fired… — MNEK Copy Share Image
People often talk about me as a singer, but they don't often talk about you when you're a woman as a songwriter. — Sinead O'Connor Copy Share Image
