Essays Quote by Caitlin Rose

Mostly singing was cathartic, writing was cathartic, therapeutic. I don't think I had a goal, particularly, to sing or put it out there for…

— Lisa Marie Presley

I wanted to be a songwriter.I didn't so much want to be a performer.I more grew into that just from being a songwriter.

— Rosanne Cash

I wanted to play rock and roll when I started playing. Nobody at that time ever thought about songwriting. You sang songs, that's all.…

— Bruce Cockburn

When I started writing songs, I was doing it for myself and a small circle of friends. And gradually, over the years, an audience…

— Conor Oberst

I never wanted to be a performer, that was not one of my goals. I wanted to be a musician and that was that.

— Barry Manilow

I never wanted to be singer. People in my family love music, and I pursued it as a hobby.

— Parineeti Chopra

I enjoyed singing and playing guitar but didn't have the stamina to make music-making a career. In reality, writing was my real gift, and…

— Ann Powers

Obviously I've always loved singing and performing, but I fell in love with songwriting and then I enjoyed doing that for other people and…

— Kacey Musgraves

I wanted the focus to be on my ability as a singer and as an entertainer - not on my private life.

— Adam Lambert

Even before I started writing songs, that was one of my goals to be a writer, and I still have that goal. I've just…

— Jason Reeves

I discovered at 18 that singing and songwriting was my strength. I decided that it was closest to my heart and if I pursued…

— Jason Mraz

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