Admit Quote by Andrew Ridgeley

We made a decision very early on that George would be the main songwriter because it was very apparent to all of us that…

— Andrew Ridgeley

I think that songwriting changed when groups started spending more time in the studio.

— Ray Davies

I think we achieved what we wanted to achieve. It was a short time period but we had broken America, we had been a…

— Andrew Ridgeley

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

— Jeffrey Osborne

After a while, though, the group just wasn't a good vehicle for the songs I'd written.

— Mark Knopfler

I was much further along as a poet than as a songwriter, but the songs were getting more attention. They were doing what art…

— David Berman

Each song had a different way of coming about. In some, the music was written first while others it was the lyrics. We didn't…

— Elena Tonra

The songwriting was almost like something I did while I was waiting for my daughter to come back.

— Joni Mitchell

You grow as a writer when you learn how to make songs flow from start to finish. That's the best song, when it's such…

— Ross Lynch

I am nervous that the craft of songwriting is taking a nose dive...And since I'm a songwriter and I connect with an interpretative, you…

— Barry Manilow

The '80s was an interesting, confining time for songwriters, so we were just sort of riffing in our own language, off to the side.

— Nancy Wilson

The songwriting did come naturally; it really did. Like Joe said, the first song we ever wrote together was the song that got us…

— Kevin Jonas