Different Quote by Elvis Costello

I was a songwriter and I've written some good songs, but there are lots of greater songs that I know I have inside yet…

— Jimmy Cliff

I've always listened to a wide variety of music, and I know that shows through my songwriting evolution.

— Jeongyeon

I sometimes don't know what songs are about for several years after I've written them.

— Justin Hayward

I could have done a hundred songs, really. It was hard to narrow them down, because I tried to pick songs for the most…

— Alan Jackson

I've always written songs since I was a kid - always.

— Benmont Tench

Since I was a child, my whole life has revolved around music. It's often while listening to a song that ideas for my fashion…

— Hedi Slimane

That's kinda what happened to me: I listened to jazz, country, R&B, rock 'n' roll. And when I sat down to write a song,…

— J. J. Cale

I've always written songs, even when I wasn't doing anything with my personal life in music.

— Leif Garrett

I always felt like there was a certain standard of music that I had to do from the beginning, even when I didn't have…

— Kendrick Lamar

I'm a huge fan of a lot of different genres of music, and I really felt like somehow I had been pigeonholed a little…

— Kathleen Edwards

I started writing songs in high school. And eventually, I got some songs recorded by some major artists, mostly because I was out there…

— Gordon Lightfoot

Throughout my career as a songwriter, I've had a knack for writing songs that were about me and my life experiences and observations.

— Richie Sambora