Art Quote by Dennis DeYoung

I didn't make a solo album until the year 2000.

— John Oates

I was mainly a songwriter; I really wasn't much of a performer.

— J. J. Cale

You don't write songs, really, when you're on tour.

— David Longstreth

I didn't set out to be a touring musician.

— Jack Savoretti

Especially for my first album, I struggled with even the thought of being a solo artist.

— LeToya Luckett

I didn't write songs for a very long time.

— Martin Gore

I was going through a period where I was just trying not to write songs and was thinking maybe I wouldn't play in a…

— Tim Rutili

When I wrote the first album I had never played live before, and I'd never been on tour. So that was really just me…

— Amy Macdonald

I never wanted to be a solo artist. I always wanted to be in a band.

— Mike Campbell

I was never the one that really wanted to be a solo artist, I was always in groups.

— Tweet

I wrote a whole solo album and recorded some of it, even did a little tour with Sara Lee and Gail Ann Dorsey.

— Kate Pierson

I was not a musician of any kind.

— Monica Barbaro