Songwriters Quotes · Page 4

I'm a songwriter who just wants to bring people great songs.

— Ester Dean

As a songwriter, your songs are, in a way, like your children - you want them to be appreciated.

— Mike Love

There's a lot for screenwriters to steal from songwriters, in terms of getting to the point.

— Paul Thomas Anderson

I was an unknown singer-songwriter in a sea of white-guy singer-songwriters.

— Noah Kahan

“songwriters should make their statements and move on, maintaining a dignified silence.”

— Don McLean

I was a songwriter; that was the torch I carried. This is an honorable profession. This is what I do.

— Rosanne Cash

I'm always shocked by that! I'm not the singer, I'm the songwriter who sings.

— Nina Nastasia

I am a musician, a songwriter, music fan. I live in New York City and I love my job.

— Hoodie Allen

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

During the '80s, Nashville didn't believe women were songwriters and performers. It was an unfortunate thing, because I love writing songs.

— Lorrie Morgan

What I definitely learnt from Michael Jackson is that simple is almost always better. As a songwriter, as an artist period.

— Ne-Yo

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

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

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

Adam Ezra writes with the heart of a troubadour and sings like a rock star. He is truely a fresh voice in…

— Catie Curtis

Songwriters are the most unprotected and disrespected community in the entire music industry - especially for an industry based on songs.

— Raye

My aspirations and dreams keep evolving. I think dreams evolve and I want to become a better songwriter. I want to do…

— Morgan James

I had all these singles come out within a two-month period, and then nothing for almost two years. You start to feel…

— Julia Michaels

I always knew Gordon Lightfoot was a really great songwriter, but his stuff even sounds better and better all the time. It's…

— John Prine

I get told I'm a confessional songwriter, which gets on my tits because I think of negative connotations attached to the word…

— Beth Orton

Different people have different ways of doing things. For me, becoming a songwriter first and falling in love with the Nashville songwriting…

— Kacey Musgraves

I think that the song, the song "Stand By Me" is one of those songs that... and someone asked me, what was…

— Ben E. King

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

I'm better at producing than I am at being a songwriter, but it doesn't change the fact that I still have a…

— John Congleton

I always try to write a song, I never just want to write a record. Originally I was not writing songs for…

— Smokey Robinson

This world is bullshit. And just because I appear in music video wherein I am in my underwear, and make young women…

— Janeane Garofalo

As you can imagine, over the years I have been asked many times to discuss and explain my song "American Pie." I…

— Don McLean

What can one say about Michael Jackson? He is one of the world's most acclaimed entertainers, an innovative and exciting songwriter whose…

— Jackie Kennedy

In Utero is a testament to the artistic vision of Kurt Cobain. It's kind of a weird record, and it's strangely beautiful…

— Krist Novoselic

I suddenly thought about being backstage, and I think it shocks you to meet the people you shared your bedrooms with. And…

— Kevin Drew

It was a matter of not seeing the woods for the trees. Glorious songs have been in Ireland forever, but a lot…

— Phil Coulter

Imagination is the key to my lyrics. The rest is painted with a little science fiction...All I'm writing is just what I…

— Jimi Hendrix

I'm a songwriter-I'm obligated to keep pushing myself.

— Billie Joe Armstrong

Breaking Benjamin, they're such incredible songwriters.

— Synyster Gates

I've learned as much about writing from songwriters as I have from other writers.

— Greg Iles

People expect not just songwriters but all personalities to pontificate about their egos.

— Cass McCombs

(For songwriters) Development of your facility as a musician is also important.

— Ryan Cayabyab

Most of the best songwriters that ever lived couldn't read music.

— Tim Minchin

As songwriters, we are lucky to have ASCAP on our side, offering support and fighting for our rights.

— Max Martin

[George Michael] is a great songwriter and he makes very classy videos, like me.

— Madonna Ciccone