Songwriters Quotes · Page 6

A lot of the great songwriters in history have been collaborators, with a separate lyricist.

— Mike Gordon

I have really been blessed in my career with some wonderful songwriters and in turn, songs.

— Olivia Newton-John

All my favorite songwriters are American - Jad Fair, Jonathan Richman and Jeffrey Lewis.

— Eddie Argos

I've always loved songwriting, and I vowed to be a songwriter like Cole Porter when I was only 9 years old.

— Mel Brooks

Songwriting is like ... being possessed. You try to go to sleep but the song won't let you.

— John Lennon

I know I can cut it with any songwriters in the world.

— Gilbert O'Sullivan

"Country" has become a marketing term. I see myself as a songwriter.

— Rosanne Cash

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

— Madonna Ciccone

Dorsey played the upright bass and steel guitar, as well as acoustic guitar. Johnny played acoustic guitar and together they were fabulous…

— Jimmy Griffin

When I first started, I worked with three chords in every bar, but I found that tied me down - I'm not…

— Neil Diamond

The most important thing to me as a songwriter is the breath. The most important thing I could say to somebody is,…

— Tori Amos

I like this town, it's really great. They've put me in The Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. This town is about music.…

— Otis Blackwell

I enjoyed hearing people do their own songs. I became attracted to singer-songwriters. I became interested in them as people; was curious…

— Lyle Lovett

The female rock-'n'-roll-country-pop songwriter is back, and her name is Taylor Swift. And it's women like her who are going to save…

— Stevie Nicks

A lot of artists use memories. A lot of prose writers, a lot of poets, a lot of songwriters, refer back to…

— Paul McCartney

I wish I wrote songs like Donald Fagen, Walter Becker, Don Henley, Marvin Gaye, Michael Jackson, so many of the songwriters I…

— Michael McDonald

I'm not the only one who has ever lost somebody; I'm not the only one who was missing somebody. That's what I…

— Cole Swindell

As a songwriter, the minute you start having sex, you can totally see the difference in the writing. You become an adult…

— Nick Jonas

I was comparatively late in understanding Bob Dylan's overwhelming importance as a songwriter. Everybody who does my job exists in the shadow…

— Steve Earle

I knew that I wanted to be a singer/songwriter when I was much younger and, um, I've been able to, you know,…

— Annie Lennox

When I hear my favorite songwriters write about things they clearly have not experienced, like "Isis" by Bob Dylan or a lot…

— Taylor Goldsmith

It may not be the most popular but there is a place for it. I think about the kind of music I…

— Helen Slater

Today, I'd like to talk to Bob Marley. I'd just like to ask him what was his method. Bob is one of…

— Bruno Mars

Singing is my form of expression; it's what I've always done and I hope that in some capacity I'll always have that…

— Wendy Matthews

From the moment [Bob] Dylan arrived as a songwriter, he was [so] much better than everybody else around.

— Steve Earle

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

— Max Martin

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

— Tim Minchin

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

— Billie Joe Armstrong

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

— Hoodie Allen

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

— Ryan Cayabyab

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

— Cass McCombs

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

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

— Noah Kahan

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

— Paul Thomas Anderson

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

— Mike Love

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

— Ester Dean

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

— Nina Nastasia

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

— Rosanne Cash

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

— Don McLean