Texas people are really strong in their roots. I started writing and playing guitar at 17. I've always loved music, and my… — Miranda Lambert Copy Share Image
I wanted to be a singer. I wanted to be a musician. I wanted to travel and write songs and be a… — Brett Dennen Copy Share Image
I don't get along with many people, especially in studios. I'm quite blunt and I know what I want - and songwriters… — Jonas Blue Copy Share Image
The trip had become boring. It wasn't exciting anymore to totally be a singer/songwriter because it wasn't working for me. — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
I think that any songwriter - and I think that Bob Dylan knows this more than all of us - you don't… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
There are performers and songwriters. Songwriters suffer for the song. It's their story. There's nothing wrong with that, but credit needs to… — Naughty Boy Copy Share Image
“songwriters learn just one concept beyond the Three-Chord Trick from this book it should surely be the ii-V–I progression.” — Dominic Pedler Copy Share Image
I’ve had the pleasure of hearing The Novelists perform live. They are gifted songwriters and talented musicians with strong lead voices. This… — Daryl Stuermer Copy Share Image
When I was 6 I thought that I wanted to be a musician - like a singer-songwriter. That's what I romantically envisioned… — Andrew Garfield 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
My discussion with Keith Richards about the creative process led me to believe that there's an invisible presence of a stream of… — Billy Gibbons Copy Share Image
Audrey Auld is a great singer songwriter. She holds a unique place in contemporary Americana/Roots music. I believe that this uniqueness is… — Fred Eaglesmith 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 are people who are great technical players like Eric Clapton, and there are people who are great intuitive songwriters like Daniel… — Jeffrey Lewis Copy Share Image
I really admire songwriters or any kind of writer, painter or artist that says, "I'm going to get up at 8 o'clock… — Langhorne Slim 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
Nashville is one of the greatest places for the best songwriters in the world. It's been fantastic to live there and to… — Faith Hill Copy Share Image
I don't know how to make magic. For most songwriter's that has only happened once or twice, and I don't know how… — Tyler Hilton Copy Share Image
I started playing the acoustic guitar for more singer-songwriter type stuff. I bet if I would have gotten more approval for my… — Jill Sobule Copy Share Image
The majority of people know me as a dancer, but they don't also know that I'm a director, a songwriter and a… — Cris Judd Copy Share Image
Lennon and McCartney became great songwriters because they were prepared to listen to and learn from all types of music. — Gilbert O'Sullivan Copy Share Image
I'm now working with some of the best songwriters in the world and Sia has written a song that has been given… — Saara Aalto Copy Share Image
My view is that the great songwriting happened between 1920 and 1960. We're all, in our different ways, descended from the great… — Leslie Bricusse Copy Share Image
I wanted to do an acting role in a movie that had nothing to do with the music business or in which… — Ne-Yo Copy Share Image
Gordon Lightfoot has created some of the most beautiful and lasting music of our time. He is Bob Dylan's favorite singer/songwriter -… — Kris Kristofferson Copy Share Image
I'm a songwriter. So I'm OK. But when I wrote "Stand By Me" as a song and to know that the song… — Ben E. King 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
I hate to debunk the myth - kids don't wanna hear it - but as songwriters, you have to polish your craft… — Synyster Gates 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
I think a lot of singer-songwriters get compared to each other, but I'd like to think that what I'm doing is special… — Kina Grannis Copy Share Image
So many artists who came out during that time, including myself, were able to get on radio. New forms of singer-songwriters developed… — Carly Simon Copy Share Image
There are so many songwriters that people don't know about. There's so many producers that people don't know about. — Rosalia Copy Share Image
I got behind that pencil and nothing happened for many years, but since they put me in the Songwriters Hall of Fame,… — Otis Blackwell Copy Share Image
I just figured if I'm going to call myself a songwriter throughout my life, then writing for most genres of music is… — Phil Collins Copy Share Image
One thing we have to remember as songwriters is that we have to consider that country music is the country's music. That… — Randy Houser Copy Share Image
Some songwriters have never been in a band, but the One Direction guys can relate to me, as I've been through the… — Tom Fletcher Copy Share Image
Morley is one of the outstanding voices of her generation, as a singer, songwriter and bandleader she's in a class of her… — David Amram 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
I simply find that as a songwriter, my goal is to try to move people. And I feel that before I can… — Travis Tritt Copy Share Image
I think my music is born out of the music that I personally like to listen to. I love amazing singer-songwriters and… — Hoodie Allen Copy Share Image
