Attitude Quote by John Hiatt

It's the meanest thing to abuse your power as a songwriter. To write pointedly about someone... it's kind of unfair to use them. They…

— Mark Foster

Whenever a songwriter writes a big hit, then the next 20 songs they write - no matter how bad they are - get recorded.

— Ahmet Ertegun

Songwriting is what I do, and there could be worse burdens to carry.

— Mark Kozelek

You write a lot of bad songs before you write good ones. It takes time!

— Taylor Momsen

If guys don't want me to write bad songs about them, they shouldn't do bad things.

— Taylor Swift

There's already a great deal to do writing the songs. And if I were completely in control of it, nobody would be able to…

— Stephin Merritt

Don't be afraid to write bad songs and then start over and re-evaluate. Songs are like plants, in that you grow them. Some grow…

— Corey Harris

The curse of being a songwriter is that's you're always at work. I could look out the window right now and see something that…

— Chris Stapleton

I can't stress enough how important it is to write bad songs. There's a lot of people who don't want to finish songs because…

— John Mayer

I'm the only girl songwriter that fights for a lot of things. I fight for songwriting fees, which record labels want you to shut…

— Ester Dean

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

— Ryan Hurd

There's certain things as a songwriter that I don't really care to write about, and there are certain things I won't sing about anymore.…

— Randy Houser