Back Quote by John Oates

I fell in love with Nashville and wrote with some of the best songwriters here.

— Brooke Hogan

I had no idea when I moved to Nashville people just were songwriters. I had no idea. So I guess I was selling myself…

— Ashley Monroe

I thought, when I came to Nashville, I was going to hook up with some of the top country writers in town and write…

— Chris Carmack

I was writing with different people in Nashville - whoever I could. Eddie Hinton came on the scene about 1963, and about four years…

— Donnie Fritts

I didn't really know you could make a living in songwriting. I was just very fortunate to have the opportunity to play a few…

— Sam Hunt

I wrote 'Happy Man' with a couple of boys of mine. I have been writing in Nashville for a long time. Of course I…

— Christian Kane

I wanted to become a better songwriter, so it seemed like a no-brainer to move to Nashville, where some of the best writers in…

— Maren Morris

Every single day I wrote a song, I was hoping somebody like Luke Bryan, Jason Aldean or whoever would record the song. It's tough…

— Cole Swindell

One of the great reasons to be in Nashville is, you get guys like Shane McAnally to write songs with.

— Darius Rucker

Most of my friends in Nashville - almost all of them - seem to have had hits in the '70s, either as artists or…

— Dan Hill

I can only say the first thing that pops into my mind is I remember, years ago, seeing kind of a has-been country singer…

— Jimmy Buffett

During the '80s, Nashville didn't believe women were songwriters and performers. It was an unfortunate thing, because I love writing songs.

— Lorrie Morgan