Best Songwriter Lines
263 Songwriter quotes by 210 unique authors
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I don't think people really understood what I did. And you know, in my book, 'A Helluva High Note' deals with my back story, that…
— Kara DioGuardi
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There's a lot of craft that goes into achieving a hit song - at the beginning of your career, you're usually more inspiration than craft,…
— Kara DioGuardi
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Yeah, I always listen to both classic and newer folk-influenced music. Singer-songwriter, alternative music. I also listen to more experimental dance music.
— Brad Delson
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The thing is, I'm not a prolific songwriter.
— Micky Dolenz
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Just like any songwriter, I love it when people sing my songs.
— Tim Finn
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I'm a songwriter, that's what I love.
— Berry Gordy
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As a songwriter, you might write every day and throughout the course of a year you might get four songs that are really special.
— Dierks Bentley
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You have to live what you write, or you have to know it. There are exceptions, like story songs, where you just have to have…
— Justin Townes Earle
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I'll be the songwriter for pop stars and then they can be the front person and I don't have to be famous.
— Sia Furler
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L.A.'s cool; I had a run with it to where it just pretty much wore me out. I love the weather and I have great…
— Shooter Jennings
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I'm a songwriter first.
— Carole King
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I feel like fans who like old Southern rock and country, and more lyric-driven songs in general, have come to country radio. I think that's…
— Charles Kelley
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Adam Ezra writes with the heart of a troubadour and sings like a rock star. He is truely a fresh voice in singer/songwriter scene.
— Catie Curtis
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In Utero is a testament to the artistic vision of Kurt Cobain. It's kind of a weird record, and it's strangely beautiful at the same time.…
— Krist Novoselic
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I love Darius Rucker. He's a true artist, a great songwriter who can play his instrument, sing and write about his life.
— Randy Houser
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I'm a songwriter; that's where it starts. I love writing with someone that shares that same feeling of accomplishment. I'll play music for my fans…
— Randy Houser
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SPEAK OF TROUBLE highlights the abilities of Lowell Sostomi as singer/songwriter and brings together a talented band of musicians with amazing dexterity, loads of energy,…
— Gordon Lightfoot
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I've known the glory of the stage and the glory of the spotlight. I still crave it. I want to be on 'American Bandstand' and…
— Narada Michael Walden
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I traveled the world as a DJ, as a singer, as a songwriter, as a producer.
— Al Walser
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It is setting goals and trying to be a business person, but at the same time not losing sight of who you are writing songs…
— Christine Lavin
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Bob Dylan is quite a songwriter, and a great singer and musician. I won't bother with comparing myself to him, but I will say that…
— Black Francis
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I'm a guitar player. Actually, I think of myself as a songwriter/rhythm-guitar player.
— Rick Nielsen
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You have to face the fact that I have no reputation as a composer; I have my reputation as a songwriter and a performer-and that…
— Elvis Costello
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I want you to remember something for me. My name is Robbie Williams. I'm a singer, a songwriter, and a born entertainer.
— Robbie Williams
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Because there are hundreds of different ways to say one thing, I, being a writer, songwriter, and poet, speak childishly and incoherently. In speech there…
— Criss Jami
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