Backup Quote by Ashley Monroe

I don't think I wrote my first song until I was 25. And then everything I wrote ended up becoming my first album. I…

— Perfume Genius

When I first got my record deal, I was like, 'I just want to sing,' and I never put much thought into what really…

— Hilary Duff

Me making music happened not even from a desire to make records.

— Roisin Murphy

I had basically been shelved by the record label for two years and I was writing songs every day. I made two albums that…

— Nina Nesbitt

I never complete a song until I'm actually going to make a record.

— Gilbert O'Sullivan

When the label came to me to say, 'would you like to do another record,' I said, 'Well I got these sixteen songs sitting…

— Brian McKnight

I had taken some of my solo music into the record label. They didn't really care for the direction I was moving in and…

— Shirley Manson

I think, back in the day, when I was first starting to make music, all I wanted to do was to get a record…

— G-Eazy

I wanted to be part of pop culture, so I started songwriting, and I got signed to my first record deal.

— Bebe Rexha

I've made music for grownups most of my life as a singer/songwriter - often with my band, Nine Stories - recorded many albums, and…

— Lisa Loeb

I was always a wannabe 'singer-songwriter' but nothing was happening. I was trying for albums. I was too afraid to quit my job for…

— Anupam Roy

When I was 13, I told my dad I needed to record myself because I sounded awesome, even though I didn't. By 18, I…

— Meghan Trainor