Blow Quote by Gavin Rossdale

I think that any songwriter - and I think that Bob Dylan knows this more than all of us - you don't write the…

— Leonard Cohen

I'm a great believer in not over-thinking lyrics. You might become technically better as a songwriter, but you lose what originally made your songs…

— Paul Stanley

As much as I try to grow as a lyricist, I tend to laugh at even calling myself that, because I think that my…

— Zach Condon

I think Bob Dylan showed us that songs can rise to the level of literature, and he proved it over and over again. That's…

— Mary Gauthier

Songwriting is like fishing in a stream; you put in your line and hope to catch something. And I don't think anyone downstream from…

— Arlo Guthrie

I have a fondness for words. On that note, I don't consider my lyrics to be all that great. I like to call myself…

— Anoop Menon

I think everyone mentions Bob Dylan, but he's someone I just admire so much as a songwriter. I think people write songs, and then…

— Tom Odell

Talent is so loaded a word, so full to the brim with meanings, that an artist might be wise to forget about it altogether…

— Eric Maisel

[Bob Dylan] builds his lyrics, of course, from personal experience, but it's also a literary work. He draws heavily on his knowledge of American…

— Sjon

Bob has never written a bad song. Bob Dylan is a genius.

— Bob Dylan

I think Bob Dylan's a good songwriter. I think he's the best songwriter in the world probably.

— Chrissie Hynde

We worked very hard to make the lyrics suit the music. I can't, like Elton John, for example, compose by lyrics. Elton has a…

— Rick Wright