Boat Quote by Chuck D

I think that's an interesting point of being a songwriter, is to write songs that make people think.

— Joshua James Alphonse Franceschi

You need to understand that a skilled professional songwriter can accelerate your success as an already talented musician. These people are writing every single…

— Kara DioGuardi

There's a standard of songwriting that, when you start immersing yourself in those types of songs, it raises your own bar as a songwriter.…

— Sinead O'Connor

I think the nature of songwriters is that they are philosophers, and philosophers have a bent towards poetry and songwriting, so I think that…

— Tom T. Hall

Being a songwriter requires versatility while being an artist requires you to create a cohesive body of work. I truly enjoy both.

— Wendy Starland

A songwriter writes songs all the time, whereas just writing a song can be done by anyone, anytime.

— Bryan Adams

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…

— Kara DioGuardi

When you're a songwriter and you click with someone, you tend to want to keep writing with that person.

— Billy Sherwood

Songwriting ability is a gift. After a while, you come to realize, "I've really been blessed. I can write these things and it makes…

— Tom Petty

The exciting thing about a songwriter is that, you know, particularly if you're a songwriter and an artist and you play the parts and…

— Stevie Wonder

I wouldn't consider myself a songwriter at all. Maybe I piece together a certain little thing here and there, but songwriters are people who…

— Frank Fairfield

The thrill of writing songs for other people, when you get that right, that person's soul speaks to that song; you've done them a…

— LP