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263 Songwriter quotes by 210 unique authors

I'd lost my family to my years of failing as a songwriter. All I had were bills, child support, and grief. And I was about… — Kris Kristofferson
And this whole period of time of gradually working at being a better guitar player and songwriter have gradually led me to the point where… — John Frusciante
I like Chris Martin. I think he's a really great songwriter. — Noel Gallagher
As a songwriter, it's kind of hard to listen to your own stuff with clarity. — Stone Gossard
I was super brainy and a proper geek at school, but there would always be a boy. But that sort of obsession did turn me… — Ellie Goulding
No matter how long what I'm doing here lasts, I want to be a songwriter for the rest of my life. I love it and… — Miley Cyrus
I appreciate a songwriter like Morrissey with so much restraint. — Zooey Deschanel
I always was really confident about myself, about my voice, myself as a person, my body, all of those things, but as a songwriter -… — Beth Ditto
Townes Van Zandt is the best songwriter in the whole world, and I'll stand on Bob Dylan's coffee table in my cowboy boots and say… — Steve Earle
You can go out and find ways to make your own record and get it out there now. If you really want to, you can… — Steve Earle
I don't think I'm a political songwriter as much as I am just a political person. I think it's in my fabric. — Steve Earle
The singer-songwriter has always played music that was stylistically rooted in the '30s and the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl. But the fact of… — Steve Earle
I am a songwriter. I do get to put my personal experiences in song. — Melissa Etheridge
My grandmother was energetic and fearless - a talented poet and songwriter. She was also interested in chemistry and history and medicine, taking care of… — Salma Hayek
I always loved LeAnn Rimes and especially Clint Black for his soulfulness. As I've gotten older, my influences have broadened - John Mayer, Michael Buble,… — Hunter Hayes
I just hate to be in one corner. I hate to be put as only a guitar player, or either only as a songwriter, or… — Jimi Hendrix
I started as a songwriter and wanted to be like Leonard Cohen. I've always seen my stories as enlarged songs. — Kazuo Ishiguro
And that's the kind of thing people think, you know, that if you sign up to be a singer-songwriter you know how to deal with… — Jessie J
I always wanted to be an artist; being a songwriter for myself was always a must but being a songwriter for others has been a… — Jessie J
I didn't mean to be a songwriter; I just was writing for fun, you have all day to do it. I was homeless so that's… — Jewel
I consider myself to be an inept pianist, a bad singer, and a merely competent songwriter. What I do, in my opinion, is by no… — Billy Joel
I don't have to compete in the charts. I can just be myself as a musician, a songwriter and play with the musicians that I… — Elton John
Writing for somebody else is really fun 'cause I consider myself a songwriter first and foremost. — Kesha
I definitely consider myself a songwriter first because that's my best attribute. — Chad Kroeger
I've always felt, even as a songwriter, that the rhythm of speech is in itself a language for me. — Cyndi Lauper

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