Comfortable Quote by Alan Licht

Being a songwriter does not rely on an audience or other band members or a camera. I can just sit in a room and…

— Rick Springfield

The key to songwriting is just to be able to observe, and put yourself in situations to be around people, and let those ideas…

— Eric Church

There's a standard of songwriting that, when you start immersing yourself in those types of songs, it raises your own bar as a songwriter.…

— Sinead O'Connor

I am a songwriter at heart, and I feel like I would, in the future, write songs for other people. I don't think I…

— Dean Geyer

I think I just have to be myself. No one can write the songs I do, and no one can sing the way I…

— Astrid S

I consider myself primarily a songwriter first, so the goal is to write songs that might be personal, but that people can translate into…

— Carly Pearce

You have to write songs for yourself and not worry about what other people are going to say or think about it. But ultimately…

— Ben Howard

I think to really write songs, you need empathy. You have to put yourself in other people's shoes.

— Ryan Bingham

Songwriting is reliant on inspiration, which ideally you don't have that much control over. Songs kind of half make themselves, and then you have…

— Win Butler

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 to guys…

— Mark Chesnutt

When you're a songwriter, people wonder about your personal life and the meanings behind the songs, and that can feel pretty invasive, so you…

— Will Sheff

I think that's an interesting point of being a songwriter, is to write songs that make people think.

— Joshua James Alphonse Franceschi