Being Quote by Diane Warren

I think the biggest thing, for me, was just to be recognized as a songwriter.

— Tiffany Darwish

Anyone who takes the craft of songwriting seriously I radiate towards. Spending time with Daryl Hall was a dream come true. I picked his…

— Travie McCoy

The Songwriters Hall of fame, that's the one all the big-time writers get into, the really great stuff, the Broadway stuff and all that.…

— John Prine

Finding out that Ray Charles sang country songs but it sounded as soulful as any rhythm and blues record that kind of opened up…

— Michael Kiwanuka

Songwriting was a gift that came to me when I needed it the most.

— Kelsea Ballerini

Miles Davis was a master. In every phase of his career, he understood that this music was a tribute to the African muse.

— Cassandra Wilson

I may not be the most famous songwriter in the world, but you know a David Friedman song when you hear it. It took…

— David Friedman

My view is that the great songwriting happened between 1920 and 1960. We're all, in our different ways, descended from the great songwriters of that era.

— Leslie Bricusse

Miles Davis is one who writes songs when he plays.

— Gerry Mulligan

We pride ourselves on being great songwriters.

— Coy Bowles

I always saw songwriting as the top of the heap. No matter what else you were going to do creatively... writing songs was king.

— Jakob Dylan

Then on to all the terrific american songwriters, from Tin Pan Alley to the Beatles, from Bob Dylan to Paul Simon. Whoever wrote and…

— Tom Chapin