Songwriters Quotes · Page 7

I've always accepted some kind of deity, especially as a songwriter.

— Neil Diamond

Sadly, as a songwriter you sooner or later finish developing your musical understanding.

— Bent Saether

I think Bob Dylan's a good songwriter. I think he's the best songwriter in the world probably.

— Chrissie Hynde

It is cool to have a label head that is also a songwriter, in a band, and produces records.

— Rivers Cuomo

Songwriters tend to make records instead of talking to people.

— Sharleen Spiteri

Paul McCartney, one of the best songwriters of all time, has only produced manure for the past 25 years.

— Noel Gallagher

I'm not a big songwriter guy. People who are really good singer-songwriters usually left me kind of cold.

— James Murphy

I do remember actually learning chords to Beatles songs. I thought they were great songwriters.

— Mick Taylor

As an artist and a songwriter myself, I like to feel connected to modern culture and watch how sounds change.

— John Feldmann

Songwriters, you have to work - you have to wait for residuals. You have to pray that the song's going to be…

— Bruno Mars

I will say one thing: Mick Mars is one of the greatest songwriters I've ever met in my life and had the…

— Andy Biersack

I don't force it. If you don't have an idea and you don't hear anything going over and over in your head,…

— Neil Young

I grew up with this idea that songwriters had a great job. My family was Irish Catholic, so if you became a…

— Michael McDonald

I'm more than a songwriter. I'm a creative person. Some people you just always see. I won't allow you to see me…

— Ester Dean

Protest is patriotic. Since the beginning of musical time, American singers and songwriters have used their talent and bully pulpits to show…

— Shawn Amos

I think that's the great thing for us - we're a band full of songwriters, and we're capable of writing all kinds…

— Matthew Ramsey

It's basically a city of songwriters and that's what gives it it's strength, that's what gives it its lasting ability. You've got…

— Emmylou Harris

When you perform live, it's a different trip - it's different energy. I just felt a conflict between both of the trips.…

— Van Morrison

For any producer I've ever worked with, their toughest job is to convince me to not to obscure my vocals. A lot…

— Ryan Adams

Man, I live in Nashville. I know how good other songwriters and singers are around here. There's a wealth of talent in…

— Jamey Johnson

Although I have guitars all around and I pick themm up occasionally and write a tune and make a record, I don't…

— George Harrison

Years ago when I was in a cover band and we were playing dances, that was quite a different thing. You were…

— Andy Wilkinson

I'm almost a black singer. And without the backbeat, it's singer/songwriter. There's a definite choice to be made there, every time. And…

— John Waite

With the Republicans controlling both houses of Congress, this is the Eisenhower-era revisited. It's ostrich time, where people are looking for comfort…

— David Fricke

My writing voice is a little quirkier, more singer-songwriter-y than the Top 40 stuff I cover.

— Sam Tsui

I can speak for most songwriters - those breakup love songs are so easy to write, as far as the inspiration and…

— Lucinda Williams

For me, it's always been about a mix of hip-hop, acoustic singer/songwriters, and piano rock. I pull all those together. Each song…

— Andy Grammer

I think Im different from a lot of singer-songwriters because some of my favorite singer-songwriters told stories. Like John Prine.

— Jill Sobule

I've studied several guitar players and songwriters, mostly from Al di Meola to Dimebag Darrell, from Freddie Mercury of Queen to Kurt…

— Mark Salling

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

— Lauren Mayberry

When people who are songwriters say 'That's my property and if you give it away for free then I'll lose my incentive,'…

— Ian MacKaye

I don't think rock n' roll songwriters should worry about art. I don't think it comes into it...as far as I'm concerned,…

— Keith Richards

Lizzy Parks. Check this out, this is brilliantShe is a fantastic jazz singer definitely one to watch from now on, she’s got…

— Jamie Cullum

We need to update laws to ensure that songwriters and artists can practice their art and maintain a career from their renowned…

— John Popper

Anyway, in my performance style, I'm a singer-songwriter. People can call it neo-soul or R&B or whatever. But at the core, when…

— India.Arie

Songwriters are expanding time rather than compressing time. My short stories tend to be old fashioned, with a beginning, middle and end.

— Steve Earle

Music is my personal addiction. So much of everything I've done has only been to open more doors for the music itself.…

— Dolly Parton

People often talk about me as a singer, but they don't often talk about you when you're a woman as a songwriter.

— Sinead O'Connor

A lot of people do not like singer-songwriters, and a lot of people who like them do not like hard rock. It's…

— Art Alexakis

I do have a romantic interest in outlasting everybody else. There's a sort of sad machismo to singer-songwriters, I think.

— John Darnielle