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263 Songwriter quotes by 210 unique authors

Of all the early breakthrough rock and roll artists, none is more important to the development of the music than Chuck Berry. He is its… — Cub Koda
Ryan Alvanos is an offbeat, insanely inventive singer-songwriter who sneaks up on you with a sly wit and subtle power. — Steve Morse
Nathan McEuen's light is shining bright. A fine singer, guitarist and an excellent songwriter. There is hope on the horizon. — Chris Hillman
Audrey Auld is a great singer songwriter. She holds a unique place in contemporary Americana/Roots music. I believe that this uniqueness is largely due to… — Fred Eaglesmith
I think if you're a good songwriter, that's what you are first - not a star or celebrity. — Tom Cochrane
People are going to say, ‘Well, it’s not very truthful.’ But a songwriter doesn’t care about what’s truthful. What he cares about is what should’ve… — Bob Dylan
I don't think I'm a great songwriter, but I think I've learned a lot about it, and I don't think there's any one way to… — Norah Jones
He made you feel like you knew him. I think that honestly, 2pac was the greatest songwriter that ever lived. He made it seem so… — Eminem
Being a creator of a song I get to take all these broken fragments of failure and chaos and weave together something beautiful and meaningful.… — Jon Foreman
The songwriter mustn't fall in love with his own song. If it doesn't belong, he can't push it into a show. Let him save it;… — Dorothy Fields
The immediacy of the technology of the web allows us, as songwriters, to write something very sharp and quick. That has a lot to do… — Chuck D
You need to understand that a skilled professional songwriter can accelerate your success as an already talented musician. These people are writing every single day,… — Kara DioGuardi
Chris Brown is a fantastic artist and songwriter and to be able to work with him was kind of unbelievable. — Joe Jonas
I love music, so if I wasn't singing, I would probably still be working in the music industry. I love songwriting, so I'd probably be… — Trey Songz
A young songwriter shouldn't think he or she doesn't stand a chance because someone has big corporate people behind him. Never look at it like… — Ronald Isley
I never considered myself a songwriter, but now since I've been working with Nick Lowe, I am contributing to an extent. But I'm the guitarist… — Dave Edmunds
The business today is completely different and it's very producer driven, so that a songwriter needs to have producing chops, be a singer, songwriter, or… — Cynthia Weil
I find writing songs hard, because it does not come naturally to me. I never set out to be a songwriter or a singer. — Robert Wyatt
Video is a funny thing. It's one thing to be an artist, singer-songwriter, and use words and create pictures in people's minds. And then be… — Melissa Etheridge
I quite like American music, like The Fray - I'm a massive fan of them - and The Killers. I also like more acoustic stuff… — Louis Tomlinson
I now possess the tools as a producer and a songwriter to really just go out and make smashes all day long. I could make… — J. Cole
I never thought of myself as being a good songwriter. There are a ton of other people that are good songwriters, but I don't think… — Alex Chilton
A songwriter should have friends who are similarly interested; should move about in the milieu of work he has chosen for himself. — Dorothy Fields
Smokey Robinson is one of my heroes as a singer and songwriter; a major influence on my own music from the very start. — Daryl Hall
I am at my core a singer/songwriter a la James Taylor or a la Billy Joel. It's not that I don't want to work with… — Brian McKnight

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