Alan Quote by Johnny Rivers

Every single tune you know from the 1940s until the 1970s was written, arranged, and demoed in the Brill Building. OK, maybe not every…

— Shawn Amos

I was writing for a publishing company in this old building right next to the RCA Victor Studio in Nashville. We were on the…

— Donnie Fritts

Also, right at that particular time in the music business, because of people like the Beatles, people began owning their own publishing. I'll just…

— Jackson Browne

Someone told me there was a publisher that could find a good home for my songs, but I didn't want to give up my…

— Michael Bolton

'Band Played On' is a good one. Barbara Orbison, who was Roy's wife, was involved in publishing in Nashville because she oversaw Roy's publishing,…

— Joe Walsh

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

Songwriters often seek the company of fellow songwriters to help finish what they've started, and these days, many do it at songwriting camps.

— David Hepworth

A lot of the great songwriters in history have been collaborators, with a separate lyricist.

— Mike Gordon

(For songwriters) Development of your facility as a musician is also important.

— Ryan Cayabyab

Songwriters are still the brightest people in any room.

— Bobby Bare

I think the nature of songwriters is that they are philosophers, and philosophers have a bent towards poetry and songwriting, so I think that…

— Tom T. Hall

There's no one songwriter in the band. It's collaborative, and we all have different tastes.

— Aaron Dessner