--- title: "3 Phil Coulter Quotes - Famous Record producer" description: "Northern Irish musician, songwriter and record producer... | Philip Coulter is an Irish musician, songwriter and record producer from Derry, Northern Ir..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-phil-coulter-75364.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Phil Coulter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-phil-coulter-75364.jpg) # Phil Coulter (1942) Record Producer **3** quotes in **60** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Phil Coulter is a record producer. ## Quick Facts About Phil Coulter Born February 19, 1942 Profession Record Producer ## About Phil Coulter Northern Irish musician, songwriter and record producer... \| Philip Coulter is an Irish musician, songwriter and record producer from Derry, Northern Ireland. He was awarded the Gold Badge from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors in October 2009. ## Quotes by Phil Coulter > [It was a matter of not seeing the woods for the trees. Glorious songs have been in Ireland forever, but a lot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-coulter/it-was-a-matter-of-not-seeing-the-woods-for-the-trees-glorious-songs/) Phil Coulter [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4fa/phil-coulter-75364_appreciate_it-was-a-matter-of-not-seeing-the-woods_88595.jpg) > [Ever since that night I've been on the road Travelling and trying to forget That awful night I lost all my friends…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-coulter/ever-since-that-night-i-ve-been-on-the-road-travelling-and-trying-to/) Phil Coulter [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5c/phil-coulter-75364_awful_ever-since-that-night-i-ve-been-on-the-r_609900.jpg) > [Most composers and arrangers these days use computer programs and keyboards, but I'm one of those dinosaurs that still writes it down…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-coulter/most-composers-and-arrangers-these-days-use-computer-programs-and/) Phil Coulter [Composer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/composer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5cc/phil-coulter-75364_composer_most-composers-and-arrangers-these-days_2719095.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phil-coulter/#itemlist", "name": "Phil Coulter Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It was a matter of not seeing the woods for the trees. Glorious songs have been in Ireland forever, but a lot of these were so popular they were sung only by drunken men at weddings. They didn't have any regard for the song at all. So, I picked out 14 songs that I had grown up with, songs with great melodies. After 35 years as a songwriter, I appreciate the value of a good melody because I know how hard it is to write one. So I presented them in a new way, with piano, keyboards, strings, and a contemporary rhythm section. 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