Able Quote by Carly Simon

These are very difficult times for new artists. Back in the day, a hit song could really seep into a person's DNA with radio…

— Vivian Campbell

So there was a way for you to get promoted and survive as an artist without worrying about AM radio hits.

— Todd Rundgren

In the '90s, the radio was still alive with all different kinds of points of view, and I think that's why people are longing…

— Shirley Manson

I think that songwriting changed when groups started spending more time in the studio.

— Ray Davies

I think if you look back at the lead singers that left groups that didn't make it, you'll see that a lot of them…

— Jeffrey Osborne

When I first started, in 2006, it was an exciting time. Independent, cool, weird artists were being successful, and magazines were writing about them,…

— Kate Nash

My view is that the great songwriting happened between 1920 and 1960. We're all, in our different ways, descended from the great songwriters of that era.

— Leslie Bricusse

Back in the '80s and '90s, when there was still a record business, there was pressure on anyone who was fortunate to have a…

— John Mellencamp

With the advent of radio and recording, music became an industry rather than just a tradition.

— Arlo Guthrie

I was much further along as a poet than as a songwriter, but the songs were getting more attention. They were doing what art…

— David Berman

The stores and the things like that, the business side of things came out at the point when, I'd say probably in the early…

— Jimmy Buffett

Artists were nurtured back in the '70s. Their music was developed by the record companies.

— Gary Wright