When you ask a songwriter, "What's your favorite song?" he goes, "The next one." — Vince Gill Copy Share Image
I think that I have come at it backwards in a way because a lot of what I'm doing as a songwriter… — Mirah Copy Share Image
Taking a song and bringing it to life in a professional recording studio can be an intimidating process at first; I know… — Colbie Caillat Copy Share Image
The [Nobel] prize is for literature.[Bob] Dylan is a songwriter. Here is where the argument starts to get interesting, because here is… — David Bennun Copy Share Image
I'd hate to be a songwriter starting a career today...Al Stanton walked in one day and said, 'Otis, I've got an idea.… — Otis Blackwell Copy Share Image
I never took singing lessons. I guess, I feel comfortable with it, but I do not feel like a singer. I never… — Jack Johnson Copy Share Image
I think perhaps people don't dig deep enough when they're looking for covers, so you get the same things covered over and… — Tracey Thorn Copy Share Image
I think to be a good songwriter, you have to be able to play an instrument. — Joe Cocker Copy Share Image
I am nervous that the craft of songwriting is taking a nose dive...And since I'm a songwriter and I connect with an… — Barry Manilow Copy Share Image
I just wrote a really cool script. It's called "One Track Mind." It's an origin story about the most successful and the… — Catherine Hardwicke Copy Share Image
Dorsey played the upright bass and steel guitar, as well as acoustic guitar. Johnny played acoustic guitar and together they were fabulous… — Jimmy Griffin Copy Share Image
Out of my entire annual output of songs, perhaps two, or at the most three, came as a result of inspiration. We… — George Gershwin Copy Share Image
From the moment [Bob] Dylan arrived as a songwriter, he was [so] much better than everybody else around. — Steve Earle Copy Share Image
I'm the only girl songwriter that fights for a lot of things. I fight for songwriting fees, which record labels want you… — Ester Dean Copy Share Image
I really enjoy playing solo acoustic. I think it's good for me as a songwriter to stay in touch with what it… — Jeff Tweedy Copy Share Image
I was at a picnic, and there were a lot of songwriters. I remember praying, 'God I wish you would give me… — Andrae Crouch Copy Share Image
The most rewarding possible thing that a songwriter or an artist of any kind can experience is to hear firsthand from the… — Dan Mangan Copy Share Image
I like myself better when I'm writing regularly. ... I was influenced a lot by those around me-there was a lot of… — Willie Nelson Copy Share Image
Years ago when I was in a cover band and we were playing dances, that was quite a different thing. You were… — Andy Wilkinson Copy Share Image
I think being a singer-songwriter... your job is to tell a story that other people can't really tell themselves. And I really… — Gabrielle Aplin Copy Share Image
I'm almost a black singer. And without the backbeat, it's singer/songwriter. There's a definite choice to be made there, every time. And… — John Waite Copy Share Image
As you can imagine, over the years I have been asked many times to discuss and explain my song "American Pie." I… — Don McLean Copy Share Image
A lot of the great songwriters in history have been collaborators, with a separate lyricist. — Mike Gordon Copy Share Image
There aren't more lady songwriters for the same reason that there aren't more lady doctors or lady accountants or lady lawyers; not… — Dorothy Fields Copy Share Image