Advise Quote by Butch Hancock

I'm basically a songwriter, man. Songwriters are down in the fine print, you know? And I really enjoy that.

— J. J. Cale

Songwriting is the way of perpetual want. Songwriters are the blessed/cursed people. You will never have a moment's peace in your life. You will…

— Jon Stewart

As a songwriter, you always look for guys that you can write good with. Show up, have an idea, knock it out of the…

— Jon Pardi

I see what other people do and what songwriters don't. They don't get out and take care of themselves. Producers turn themselves into a…

— Ester Dean

It is setting goals and trying to be a business person, but at the same time not losing sight of who you are writing…

— Christine Lavin

Songwriters, you have to work - you have to wait for residuals. You have to pray that the song's going to be a hit.…

— Bruno Mars

Meet some people who care about poetry the way you do. You'll have that readership. Keep going until you know you're doing work that's…

— Philip Levine

As a creative individual, I really go out of my way to avoid the corporate scene in terms of songwriting. If the first question…

— Rodney Crowell

The curse of being a songwriter is that's you're always at work. I could look out the window right now and see something that…

— Chris Stapleton

One other thing, if it's possible, as songwriters, you should also develop yourself as record producers.

— Barry Mann

Once I'd become a songwriter, it just stays with you. You always want to write more songs because it's such a great feeling.

— Paul Rodgers

I don't know why songwriters struggle. They have to, I guess. If you're a young songwriter, quit struggling. It makes you look bad.

— Tom T. Hall