Hands Quote by Howard Lawrence

I like working with other people but I'm not a songwriter, I'm a producer.

— Josh Silver

One other thing, if it's possible, as songwriters, you should also develop yourself as record producers.

— Barry Mann

I'm obviously really opinionated, but as a producer, you don't necessarily want the person you're working with to try to impress you - you…

— Danger Mouse

Being a songwriter, my job is just to write songs for people. I'm not attached to them.

— Poo Bear

I completely understand why I am considered a singer-songwriter and I have no problem with any of that. It's just when I'm thinking of…

— Alex G

I would sooner be robbed by a fan than a company. The fan may be broke and have but one choice. There is no…

— Mickey Newbury

You kind of have to have no ego to be a producer and a songwriter.

— Linda Perry

The business today is completely different and it's very producer driven, so that a songwriter needs to have producing chops, be a singer, songwriter,…

— Cynthia Weil

I've made sure that in any situation and with any record label, I'm allowed to write my own music.

— Taylor Swift

As a producer, you're pretty much creating a body of work that an artist has to stand behind.

— DJ Jazzy Jeff

As a songwriter, if you can touch people and make them feel a little less alone in the world, then you've done your job.

— Tom Cochrane

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