Albums Quote by Barry Hannah

Virtually every writer I know would rather be a musician.

— Kurt Vonnegut

Most musicians don't write about being a musician cause most musicians aren't writers.

— Dan Bejar

I was always interested in being a writer. Yet, at the time, it somehow seemed more unfeasible to be a writer than a musician.

— Michelle Zauner

I write the music I like. If other people like it, fine, they can go buy the albums. And if they don't like it,…

— Frank Zappa

Just because a musician writes a great album doesn't mean they don't want to continue writing great music.

— Carlos Condit

I wouldn't sit down and work at writing a song like a novelist or something.

— Roger Taylor

I honestly don't class myself as a songwriter. I've got 'musician' written on my passport. That's even funnier.

— Robert Smith

I'd rather be known as a songwriter than a guitarist, although I love to play the guitar.

— Rick Nielsen

I don't consider myself a musician. I'm an artist.

— M.I.A

There's nothing I like more than a writer who can sing, or a musician who has a book out.

— John Wesley Harding

Many writers secretly long to be performers. You always get the 'if you weren't a writer' question. I would be a back-up singer, to…

— Jennifer Weiner

I'm a failed musician rather than a successful writer.

— Irvine Welsh