Doing Quote by David Berman

I wrote my first song when I was 54 years old.

— Mary Steenburgen

I don't think I wrote my first song until I was 25. And then everything I wrote ended up becoming my first album. I…

— Perfume Genius

I think I was born to be a songwriter.

— Richard Ashcroft

I didn't start to be an artist myself until I was 24.

— Kiki Smith

I started quite late. I only discovered that I could write a song when I was, like, 17... some musicians, they're starting out, writing…

— Alice Merton

I remember when I made my first album, I was 32 or 33 years old and I thought I was way too old then.

— J. J. Cale

I started songwriting at around age 12, and that was it. I never really stopped. Nothing else ever really crossed my mind. It's truly…

— Lara Fabian

I basically had the idea when I was 18 that I wanted to write my own songs. I knew it was going to be…

— Jason Mraz

I was inspired to be a singer/songwriter from an early age.

— Tom Kitt

I didn't start singing and writing songs properly until I was 19.

— Tom Walker

I always wanted to be a songwriter, and it took a while.

— Shawn Colvin

I never knew I was a songwriter. I didn't even know I was a singer. My parents just got me a guitar 'cause my…

— Dion DiMucci