Day Quote by Chris Stapleton

When I left college, it broke my mom's heart, but I knew I had to be in Nashville. I knew that was the place…

— Cole Swindell

I had no idea when I moved to Nashville people just were songwriters. I had no idea. So I guess I was selling myself…

— Ashley Monroe

College didn't stick, so I worked odd jobs, but I've always written songs and played music. I actually met a guy who was a…

— Chris Stapleton

I didn't really know you could make a living in songwriting. I was just very fortunate to have the opportunity to play a few…

— Sam Hunt

I lived in Nashville for about five years. It was almost like me going to college for my craft. I immersed myself in the…

— Jamie Lynn Spears

I wanted to become a better songwriter, so it seemed like a no-brainer to move to Nashville, where some of the best writers in…

— Maren Morris

I moved to Nashville at 17 to make music, and since then I've put everything I have into doing it right.

— Blake Shelton

I write a tiny fraction of what I used to write. My only job used to be to just write songs, and that was…

— Regina Spektor

Growing up in Memphis and listening to all kinds of music and dreaming... So that was one of the first times I wrote a…

— William Bell

When I was a mailman, writing songs was my escape from the regular world, and now writing songs is my job. And I've always…

— John Prine

My job as a songwriter is to write good songs.

— Greg Brown

For me, I'm more of a songwriter than a guitar player or singer. And not having things to work on was really kind of…

— Doug Martsch