Background Quote by Jack Savoretti

Songwriters write songs, but they really belong to the listener.

— Jimmy Buffett

Traditionally, songwriters can't sing. And that holds true in my case, also.

— John Phillips

Fundamentally, our job as songwriters is to sit down and listen.

— Mary Gauthier

Songwriters tend to make records instead of talking to people.

— Sharleen Spiteri

Songwriters aren't always performers, and even performing songwriters aren't always the kind of show-biz performers you think they'd be.

— Lyle Lovett

I think that's an interesting point of being a songwriter, is to write songs that make people think.

— Joshua James Alphonse Franceschi

Songwriting is different from music, although I don't deny now that it would be nice to have a little more background in music theory.

— Neil Diamond

Songwriting isn't always something that's directly proportionate to the experience.

— Amos Lee

That's what I was gonna say. It seems like songwriters should express who they are through what they're doing rather than trying to go…

— Ron Mael

When you're a songwriter, you don't have control over which songs get heard and which ones don't.

— Ryan Hurd

Writing songs is really about writing. It's not about necessarily focusing on one particular style or making it one particular thing.

— Jann Klose

Writing songs is a trade like anything else.

— Jakob Dylan