Songwriters Quotes · Page 5

I feel there must be an enormous amount of really talented songwriters out there who can't sing.

— Roger Daltrey

All songwriters are known as 'topliners' because the vocal goes on top of the track.

— Justin Tranter

Pieta Brown is a great singer/songwriter who possesses major star power magnetism.

— Don Was

Songwriters write songs, but they really belong to the listener.

— Jimmy Buffett

Before the Beatles, songwriters were very anonymous people and nobody paid any attention to them.

— Bjorn Ulvaeus

If you look at most of our roster, we've got great singer/songwriters. I'm always attracted to that.

— Scott Borchetta

I want people to have a good time. Its boring only to hear singer/songwriters spilling their guts.

— Lykke Li

Songwriting is about getting the demon out of me. It's like being possessed.

— John Lennon

I can imagine lyrics becoming better written by smart machines rather than stupid musicians. Songwriters generally have nothing to say. They may…

— Stephin Merritt

As songwriters and artists we get a lot of attention and gratification when we write about the moments that have hurt us,…

— Victoria Monet

As a singer-songwriter who gets up on stage and sings about those things that make me vulnerable is an amazing experience. You…

— James Blunt

Ryan Alvanos is an offbeat, insanely inventive singer-songwriter who sneaks up on you with a sly wit and subtle power.

— Steve Morse

As would-be songwriters, our interest was in black music and black music only. We wanted to write songs for black voices.

— Mike Stoller

One not-to-be-mentioned major said they would sign me if I worked with a team of songwriters to help me finish songs, ha!…

— Devendra Banhart

I just love music, and I'm not as genre specific as most songwriters. A lot of my buddies just listen to country,…

— Kevin Fowler

I think if you look back at the lead singers that left groups that didn't make it, you'll see that a lot…

— Jeffrey Osborne

Being singer/songwriter implies versatility and being able to create more than one medium, and R&B artist is a box, simple as that.…

— Frank Ocean

You wind up creating from silence, like painting a picture on a blank canvas that could bring tears to somebody's eyes. As…

— Rodney Atkins

Being a songwriter or a painter you're definitely facing your fears. You're facing your fears because you're speaking your truth; you're speaking…

— Brett Dennen

The fact that there are singer-songwriters dealing with substantive issues is encouraging. It's important for young people to perceive that there are…

— Mary Travers

The exciting thing about a songwriter is that, you know, particularly if you're a songwriter and an artist and you play the…

— Stevie Wonder

I studied piano and viola and voice in high school and music composition in college. For many years before I became an…

— Sarah Weeks

When After Forever stopped, I didn't want to first find a band, then see if I could write with them, figure that…

— Floor Jansen

... coming to a place like Nashville, which is just music music music, it's always been such an influence on me. And…

— Sandra Bernhard

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

— Mickey Newbury

Like I say, I'm always writing and if something sticks, it sticks. I get to write with great songwriters in town. Lori…

— Tim McGraw

Fundamentally, our job as songwriters is to sit down and listen.

— Mary Gauthier

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

— Rick Nielsen

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

— Vince Gill

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

— Jack Savoretti

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

— Tom Waits

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

— Ben Harper

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

— Rachael Yamagata

If God's got a favorite songwriter, I think it's John Prine.

— Kris Kristofferson

The line between producers, songwriters, and remixers is so thin.

— Stuart Price

I get so frustrated with all these so-called singer-songwriters coming out and they don't write!

— KT Tunstall

I loved hard-rock bands, and I loved songwriters who told stories.

— Art Alexakis

With songwriters like me who are prolific, you just write the song and then put it on tape.

— Donovan