If somebody says 'singer-songwriter' to me, the first person I think of is James Taylor. There are plenty of modern singer-songwriters, but… — Zachary Levi 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
Dear Sir: I will wish to establish my name as the best Ethiopian songwriter. But I am not encouraged in undertaking this… — Stephen Foster Copy Share Image
I had no idea when I moved to Nashville people just were songwriters. I had no idea. So I guess I was… — Ashley Monroe Copy Share Image
I was a songwriter and I've written some good songs, but there are lots of greater songs that I know I have… — Jimmy Cliff Copy Share Image
I come from a musical family. My dad was in a group in the 70s, The Hudson Brothers. Now he's a songwriter… — Sarah Hudson Copy Share Image
Getting on stage, for me, was a huge thing when I first started. And back in high school, everyone was in rock… — Tyler Hilton Copy Share Image
A lot of times when songwriters get together and write a song... somebody will come in with a hook and a lot… — Alan Jackson Copy Share Image
Poets and songwriters speak highly of spring as one of the great joys of life in the temperate zone, but in the… — Barbara Holland Copy Share Image
I consider myself to be an inept pianist, a bad singer, and a merely competent songwriter. ... I'm probably writing music now… — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
America's a funny place. Every time I've come over it just feels absolutely gigantic and massive. I've always had good shows there,… — Conor O'Brien Copy Share Image
I don't think I ever wrote a song. I can write a lot of jokes, but when I try to write lyrics… — Demetri Martin Copy Share Image
We've known each other [in Motorpsycho ] since 1985 or '86, are really different as personalities, and yet have actually never disagreed… — Bent Saether Copy Share Image
When I started out, I was definitely writing about experiences that I hadn't had yet. The songs were just based on my… — Brandi Carlile Copy Share Image
Maia Sharp is one of America's great singer-songwriters. Her storytelling runs profound and deep while honoring a pop tradition that urges you… — Don Was Copy Share Image
As I got a little older, I discovered Lori McKenna and Patty Griffin and found out how many other tools we have… — Ashley McBryde Copy Share Image
I think there are some songwriters who are just brilliant who can write and then I think there are some songwriters who… — Charles King Copy Share Image
Longer is not my best song, it's just a classic love song, and every songwriter always dreams of writing a classic love… — Dan Fogelberg Copy Share Image
I don't deserve a Songwriters Hall of Fame Award. But fifteen years ago, I had a brain operation and I didn't deserve… — Quincy Jones Copy Share Image
I told [my daughter Amy] at an early age that she had a good ear. But I didn't influence her music much.… — Mose Allison Copy Share Image
Adam Ezra writes with the heart of a troubadour and sings like a rock star. He is truely a fresh voice in… — Catie Curtis Copy Share Image
I like country music. I'm not going to lie. I'm from the South, and I grew up on it. My dad was… — Kim Dickens Copy Share Image
Songwriters are the most unprotected and disrespected community in the entire music industry - especially for an industry based on songs. — Raye Copy Share Image
What I definitely learnt from Michael Jackson is that simple is almost always better. As a songwriter, as an artist period. — Ne-Yo Copy Share Image
During the '80s, Nashville didn't believe women were songwriters and performers. It was an unfortunate thing, because I love writing songs. — Lorrie Morgan 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 good at melody - I'll write the top-line melody and ideal words I want to go with it. But I'm not… — Avicii Copy Share Image
I don't consider myself a songwriter, I've tried, I've written a few with friends but that's an art form I'm gonna leave… — Mark Chesnutt 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
Frequently, as so many poets and psalmists and songwriters have said, the invisible shift happens through the broken places. — Anne Lamott 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
Sinatra was pretty astute - he used the best songwriters around, he used all the resources, he covered every song from the… — Martin Fry Copy Share Image
I am just beside myself about how the beautiful songwriters that I know, a lot of whom are women, and a lot… — Raye 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
Most of our artists are songwriters, so the songs are still central to all this. If you don't have great songs, it… — Scott Borchetta Copy Share Image
For me personally, I love art and artists of all mediums and we've seen madness is more often than not present in… — Jeff Feuerzeig Copy Share Image
I don't think about commercial concerns when I first come up with something. When I sit down at the piano, I try… — Lamont Dozier Copy Share Image
In college, I thought I wanted to be solely an artist, and then when I got here, to college, I was like,… — PJ Harvey Copy Share Image
I never was strutting through the hallways like, "Yeah, I'm a singer/songwriter." That's never a cool thing to do - to be… — Tyler Hilton Copy Share Image
I try to read a lot and listen to a lot of good songwriters, and I try to actually work on the… — Jason Isbell Copy Share Image
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