Opinion Quote by Cass Elliot

People can hear my songs are coming from something real. I mean what I say; I'm not just writing to impress critics or young…

— Bruno Mars

Songwriting can be cathartic, but then you just keep it private. If you're going to play out and have other people listen to you,…

— Patterson Hood

Get them to sing your song and they will want to know who you are.

— Paul Robeson

I'm a songwriter-singer. I'm very vocal oriented, of course, but songwriting - no matter whether it's for myself or another artist - is of…

— LP

I really want people to know I'm a songwriter.

— Kelsea Ballerini

Write your own songs. It helps you to mean what you're singing, which will then make it mean something to listeners.

— Natasha Bedingfield

You do try to write songs that you feel like people can relate to and you try to be as honest as you can…

— Sevyn Streeter

When I first started writing songs and being very explicit, it was hard, but one of the main things people respond to in my…

— Ani DiFranco

If you aren't already a songwriter, try it. When you can say what you want to say, in your own words, it's incredibly easy…

— Chris Young

I'm just writing songs about how I feel or about how people I know feel.

— Elliott Smith

People often talk about me as a singer, but they don't often talk about you when you're a woman as a songwriter.

— Sinead O'Connor

My songwriting is personal in the hope that listeners will know that I relate to them.

— Noah Cyrus