Done Quote by Devendra Banhart

The potential success that could come with signing with a major label didn't quite outweigh how important it was for me to make my…

— Kina Grannis

That's one of the things I love about being a songwriter first, last and always, because whether I do it or not, if someone…

— Carole King

When After Forever stopped, I didn't want to first find a band, then see if I could write with them, figure that whole thing…

— Floor Jansen

All the songwriters that I worked with said they'd like to work with me again. Such things serve as much inspiration for me. I…

— Seungri

When I got signed as a songwriter, I immediately thought, 'Oh, no one sees me as an artist because I don't look good enough.'…

— Meghan Trainor

I was just tapped on the shoulder from above and told to write these songs, as opposed to wanting to be a success in…

— Townes Van Zandt

I performed it all the way through for people. People would say, "We love you, we want to sign you," and then there'd always…

— Kanye West

Especially as an artist who has been signed to one of the majors throughout my last ten years, you don't always get to write…

— Kreesha Turner

In the past, being young, I might have been standoffish to working with other songwriters.

— Raheem DeVaughn

I started as a writer and when I sent my demos out everyone wanted to know who was singing and if that person wanted…

— Brian McKnight

I don't think people really understood what I did. And you know, in my book, 'A Helluva High Note' deals with my back story,…

— Kara DioGuardi

Working with Secondhand Serenade, I just felt like a songwriter, you know, working with another songwriter.

— John Popper