Some of the songs come so fully, it's like they are pre-packaged. There have been a couple that came in the middle… — John Prine Copy Share Image
I'd love to claim the title of 'songwriter' or 'intellectual,' but the truth is that anything that I ever learned how to… — Brandi Carlile 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
A songwriter's supreme challenge is being complex and simple at the same time — Paul Simon Copy Share Image
I wouldn't consider myself a songwriter at all. Maybe I piece together a certain little thing here and there, but songwriters are… — Frank Fairfield Copy Share Image
We as songwriters are in the same position as a professional fisherman. Our fishing grounds are kind of fished out. — Jimmy Webb Copy Share Image
I always loved singing, but I thought it was like drawing - just something you do in your own little corner to… — Lou Doillon Copy Share Image
I'd advise all you songwriters out there, if you're getting into it for the business, go home and get a job digging… — Butch Hancock Copy Share Image
There's so much fear involved in trying to do something you don't know how to do that drugs and alcohol can become… — Barry Mann Copy Share Image
Songwriters aren't always performers, and even performing songwriters aren't always the kind of show-biz performers you think they'd be. — Lyle Lovett Copy Share Image
Most songwriters who have been lucky enough to have their song on the radio or be heard widely don't know anything about… — Greg Graffin Copy Share Image
I wanted to honor [George Gershwin]. He's a great American songwriter. — Kristin Chenoweth Copy Share Image
“Why do I write? Out of fear. Out of fear that the memory of the people I write about might go lost.… — Anonymous 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
I'm a songwriter. I've got ideas in the closet that just didn't work out with my band, that I think, "This is… — Sammy Hagar Copy Share Image
Whenever a songwriter writes a big hit, then the next 20 songs they write - no matter how bad they are -… — Ahmet Ertegun Copy Share Image
The songwriters whom we think of being the greatest songwriters usually write one hit and six or seven flops. That includes the… — Ahmet Ertegun Copy Share Image
He [Patrick Stump] is been a friend of ours for a long time, and when we were talking about working with different… — Mark Hoppus Copy Share Image
Some things lend themselves well to songs, some things don't, and I'm learning that a lot at the moment. It's still a… — PJ Harvey Copy Share Image
This world is bullshit. And just because I appear in music video wherein I am in my underwear, and make young women… — Janeane Garofalo Copy Share Image
I think it's very interesting, people who can't stand people who whinge and whine. It seems almost like a class issue. Because… — Glen Hansard Copy Share Image
As a songwriter, I don't rush. I may sit on lyrics for two years before the music hits. — Ben Harper Copy Share Image
Songwriters, you have to work - you have to wait for residuals. You have to pray that the song's going to be… — Bruno Mars Copy Share Image
Randy Newman and I grew up together in Los Angeles. We are both products of the film studio era. Randy is one… — Leonard Slatkin Copy Share Image
We're talking about an extremely prolific poet and songwriter and lyricist. That stuff comes off the top of her head. She [Joni… — Don Alias Copy Share Image
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