Deal Quote by Hilary Duff

I always try to write a song, I never just want to write a record.

— Smokey Robinson

I always try to write a song, I never just want to write a record. Originally I was not writing songs for myself. Songwriting…

— Smokey Robinson

Either you write songs or you don't. And if you do write songs like I do, I think there's a natural desire to want…

— Roger Waters

I wanted to be part of pop culture, so I started songwriting, and I got signed to my first record deal.

— Bebe Rexha

When we start to write for a new record, we never really know what we're doing. We don't come into the room with a…

— Vince Clarke

My dream many years ago would've been to continue to write and record songs in record/album form for years to come, but now records…

— Will Oldham

I think, back in the day, when I was first starting to make music, all I wanted to do was to get a record…

— G-Eazy

I took temp jobs, recorded a demo in the evenings and eventually shopped a record deal. All I knew was that I wanted to…

— Natasha Bedingfield

I write and record all the time; it's my hobby and my passion.

— Alvin Lee

The first record I made when I was 17. Labels merged and plans didn't work out, but plans never work out as planned. But…

— Ashley Monroe

Every record, you've got more experiences to draw on as a writer and a musician.

— Jerry Cantrell

We've all got to earn a living. And writing songs is what I do. But when I've done a record, it's not that I…

— Robert Wyatt