Bigs Quote by Ahmet Ertegun

In order to make a normal-sized record, a singer songwriter should have a couple dozen finished songs. Once they go through the process of…

— M. Ward

When you're a songwriter, you don't have control over which songs get heard and which ones don't.

— Ryan Hurd

You can write a million songs that are 'good', but they just aren't good enough.

— Alexa Borden

I think with any songwriter the first 1,000 songs are always terrible.

— Graham Russell

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

— Donovan

If you write 50 songs, you're bound to write at least a dozen good ones.

— Anonymous

A lot of times, a bunch of songs have to be written to get to the next really good one.

— Mary Gauthier

As a songwriter, you might write every day and throughout the course of a year you might get four songs that are really special.

— Dierks Bentley

I've written a lot of songs in the last couple years, but writing a lot of songs doesn't always mean writing good songs.

— Ben Gibbard

I think when people make a record with a goal in mind - like taking it to the next level or making them seem…

— Taylor Swift

Songwriters tend to make records instead of talking to people.

— Sharleen Spiteri

I mean, just like every other prominent songwriter or producer, you have the shot. You send in records and if they make it, they…

— Bryce Wilson