When I'm writing a song, it's just me and the songwriters. Then when the song is done, there are publishers that hear… — Luke Bryan Copy Share Image
I tell the songwriter's story. When I read people's lyrics, I'm so amazed. I want to tell this story and make it… — Sharon Jones Copy Share Image
Being a creator of a song I get to take all these broken fragments of failure and chaos and weave together something… — Jon Foreman Copy Share Image
For a songwriter, you dont really go to songwriting school; you learn by listening to tunes. — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
Liz [Gillies] doesn't really listen to anything new, besides Adele, Ariana Grande, and stuff like that. She loves '70s music and old… — Denis Leary Copy Share Image
I'm always looking for great songs, and not being much of a songwriter, I depend on great songwriters to send them to… — George Strait Copy Share Image
My parents were both very musically inclined, they were both songwriters and musicians, so we grew up in the house singing music… — Jesse McCartney Copy Share Image
Trying to make your own sound is hard. When I was producing for other artists, I could just produce and write songs… — Karl Wolf Copy Share Image
I think being a singer-songwriter... your job is to tell a story that other people can't really tell themselves. — Gabrielle Aplin Copy Share Image
I was terrified, terrified in 'Songwriter,' because there I was, New York Jewish girl, singing country-western onstage with Kris Kristofferson and Willie… — Lesley Ann Warren Copy Share Image
I'm better at producing than I am at being a songwriter, but it doesn't change the fact that I still have a… — John Congleton Copy Share Image
Protest is patriotic. Since the beginning of musical time, American singers and songwriters have used their talent and bully pulpits to show… — Shawn Amos Copy Share Image
I see what other people do and what songwriters don't. They don't get out and take care of themselves. Producers turn themselves… — Ester Dean Copy Share Image
I feel like this song [Yello, "Oh Yeah"] was probably done in a couple of minutes in a studio. There was probably… — Margaret Cho Copy Share Image
In the beginning I had a lot of self-imposed limitations as far as production and instrumentation. It was really inspiring for us… — Tamaryn Copy Share Image
That's something that I think as a songwriter you have to ask yourself - why you're doing it. The world certainly doesn't… — Jeff Tweedy Copy Share Image
Having listened to great songwriters like James Taylor and Carole King, I felt there was nothing new that was coming out that… — Amy Winehouse Copy Share Image
When people who are songwriters say 'That's my property and if you give it away for free then I'll lose my incentive,'… — Ian MacKaye Copy Share Image
I like this town, it's really great. They've put me in The Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. This town is about music.… — Otis Blackwell Copy Share Image
There is an old Arabic proverb, 'When the king puts the poet on his payroll, he cuts off the tongue of the… — Pete Seeger Copy Share Image
Sometimes songwriters and singers forget that. They get a melody in their head and the notes will take precedence, so that they… — Don Henley Copy Share Image
(For songwriters) Development of your facility as a musician is also important. — Ryan Cayabyab Copy Share Image
I've been close friends with Katy since teenagers, before she was Katy Perry. She's always been a great resource for me to… — Bonnie McKee Copy Share Image
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