Songwriters Quotes · Page 2

“The Hollies brought music to life.”

— Anthony T. Hincks

Queen had incredible songwriters.

— Marc Martel

I was never a topical songwriter.

— Bob Dylan

To a musician or songwriter, your canvas is silence.

— Keith Richards

My only weapon is my pen, I'm a songwriter.

— Sly Stone

My job as a songwriter is to write good songs.

— Greg Brown

I love female singer-songwriters!

— Melissa Benoist

I just see us as songwriters.

— Luke Hemmings

Conflict is a great thing to start with. For me as a songwriter, I am constantly trying to solve problems.

— Rachael Yamagata

As a songwriter, I don't rush. I may sit on lyrics for two years before the music hits.

— Ben Harper

For a songwriter, you dont really go to songwriting school; you learn by listening to tunes.

— Tom Waits

When you ask a songwriter, "What's your favorite song?" he goes, "The next one."

— Vince Gill

I'm a guitar player. Actually, I think of myself as a songwriter/rhythm-guitar player.

— Rick Nielsen

Singer-songwriters should be playing songs that aren't background music.

— Jack Savoretti

I love being part of the ASCAP family of songwriters and composers.

— Max Martin

I never trust songwriters who talk about what their song is about.

— Roddy Woomble

I try to read a lot and listen to a lot of good songwriters, and I try to actually work on the…

— Jason Isbell

“songwriters learn just one concept beyond the Three-Chord Trick from this book it should surely be the ii-V–I progression.”

— Dominic Pedler

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

I think that any songwriter - and I think that Bob Dylan knows this more than all of us - you don't…

— Leonard Cohen

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

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

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

Sinatra was pretty astute - he used the best songwriters around, he used all the resources, he covered every song from the…

— Martin Fry

She did get put through the system with a lot of the hit songwriters, who were great songwriters, but it was more…

— Frank Liddell

None of us went to university, none of us went to college, none of us played in a different band before, none…

— Noel Gallagher

I think for many songwriter/performers, you need to go off by yourself and write the songs to begin with, but then you…

— Alan Licht

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

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

I guess it's just my job to somehow balance knowing that every song is going to come differently and be different, but…

— Brett Dennen

Then it evolved into more of a ballad style singer/songwriter thing. And there was a conflict in trying to merge the two…

— Van Morrison

The songs I write should only be gauged by what other writers or peers are doing today. If the barometer for all…

— Jakob Dylan

I would sooner be robbed by a fan than a company. The fan may be broke and have but one choice. There…

— Mickey Newbury

Patti [ Scialfa] was an artist and a musician and she was a songwriter. And she was a lot like me in…

— Bruce Springsteen

No matter how many people try, no matter how many fancy songwriters in Los Angeles try to break it down to a…

— Lauren Mayberry

As a songwriter, you're never off - for me, anyway. There's a certain mentality of people that decide, "Oh, we're going to…

— Kenny Chesney

Paul Simon once said that a songwriter's supreme challenge was being complex and simple at the same time-writing songs with lasting depth…

— Paul Zollo

Akon is a very talented songwriter to work with. His melodies, they're just insane. It's funny, I think about him a lot…

— Lady Gaga

There are many influences in my music, not only blues. R&B, Motown, gospel, old timey, jazz, even classical are all part of…

— Rory Block

“Now, as I understand it, the bards were feared. They were respected, but more than that they were feared. If you were…

— Alan Moore