Able Quote by Anonymous

I consider myself a songwriter... I guess the business end is my songs and the fun part is playing the guitar.

— J. J. Cale

There is a terrible thing that's been happening probably for the last 20 years or so and it's called the music business. And music…

— Gavin Friday

The way I look at it, I'm a songwriter that just happens to play guitar.

— Rick Nielsen

I don't try to write songs that will further my career. I write about things that I care about. I don't have a career…

— Jerry Jeff Walker

When I became a songwriter, it was out of some sort of desperation. I needed to create something. I had to latch on to…

— Mary Gauthier

When I graduated high school, I bought a guitar and, at first, didn't really think I'd get into the songwriting thing as much as…

— Sam Hunt

It's this funny thing now: You sign up to be a musician because you want to write music, but you don't spend your time…

— Zachary Cole Smith

I've written my own music, and I play guitar.

— Cillian Murphy

I really love being an artist, but I make my money from songwriting.

— MNEK

I'm in the music business for one purpose - to make money.

— Nat King Cole

If you wanna make money in music, you're better off being on the business end of it a lot of the time. And also…

— Chris Cornell

When I decided to be a musician I reckoned that that was going to be the way of less profit, less money. I was…

— Tom Petty