Able Quote by Annie Lennox

I wanted to be a songwriter.I didn't so much want to be a performer.I more grew into that just from being a songwriter.

— Rosanne Cash

I knew I wanted to do something creative. I didn't think I'd have the luxury of doing something like that, because I didn't know…

— Lana Del Rey

I always knew I wanted to be a musician, and I always knew I wanted to write, 'cause the people I was listening to…

— Emeli Sande

I wanted to be a singer, of course, but there was something about the songwriting, then and now, that is the most important thing.…

— Dolly Parton

I always wanted to be an artist. I always knew that I wanted to paint, or dance, or sing, or act, or write.

— Daniela Vega

No matter how long what I'm doing here lasts, I want to be a songwriter for the rest of my life. I love it…

— Miley Cyrus

I always wanted to be a singer, it's what I wanted to do since I was little. I'm doing it now and I couldn't…

— Britney Spears

I'm better at producing than I am at being a songwriter, but it doesn't change the fact that I still have a desire to…

— John Congleton

That was what I always wanted to do for my whole life, to write music in the service of telling stories and communicating ideas…

— Stephen Schwartz

Obviously I've always loved singing and performing, but I fell in love with songwriting and then I enjoyed doing that for other people and…

— Kacey Musgraves

Different people have different ways of doing things. For me, becoming a songwriter first and falling in love with the Nashville songwriting community and…

— Kacey Musgraves

I always knew that I wanted to be an artist.

— Maynard James Keenan