About Quote by Brenda Russell

Until now, I was insecure and I believed what the people around me said in regarding what I should sing.

— Namie Amuro

I'm very comfortable singing myself, first of all. Secondly, there's a certain disconnect when you write the song and you have someone else sing…

— Yngwie Malmsteen

I never jump on to a song and say 'I will only sing it.' I am not too obsessed as a singer. I am…

— Amaal Mallik

A lot of times when I'm writing lyrics, I just think about insecurities that I might have and turn them into a scene. Some…

— Nate Ruess

Earlier in my career I just thought "I'm not very confident, I don't like singing to people." But people had some faith in me,…

— Jessie Ware

Whether I'm writing for myself or someone else, I'll always write a song that I would feel comfortable singing.

— Charli XCX

Well, over the years, I've developed a stable of songs of which I'm known for and never get tired of singing.

— Joe Cocker

Listening closely to songs these days, there's a lot of lazy songwriting where people get away with it. I don't want to be too…

— Steve Gunn

Honestly I don't like to write songs that often, only when I feel like I need to and when I've got something that I…

— Matt Thiessen

When I write songs for myself it's really personal and I just can't have someone else singing it.

— Sky Ferreira

I'm very comfortable as a singer. In fact, I think it's more - I identified my self-esteem, my self more in those ways when…

— Katey Sagal

When I started singing about my life and what I was going through, I felt more confident. It was my own life, I was…

— Benjamin Clementine