Bob Quote by Leonard Cohen

Songwriting is like fishing in a stream; you put in your line and hope to catch something. And I don't think anyone downstream from…

— Arlo Guthrie

I think everyone mentions Bob Dylan, but he's someone I just admire so much as a songwriter. I think people write songs, and then…

— Tom Odell

I think Bob Dylan's a good songwriter. I think he's the best songwriter in the world probably.

— Chrissie Hynde

I wouldn't consider myself a songwriter at all. Maybe I piece together a certain little thing here and there, but songwriters are people who…

— Frank Fairfield

I was one of those guys, you know, playing and singing, and there was no reason for me to write a song, because there…

— John Mellencamp

I don't think I ever wrote a song. I can write a lot of jokes, but when I try to write lyrics they're the…

— Demetri Martin

Bob has never written a bad song. Bob Dylan is a genius.

— Bob Dylan

I was comparatively late in understanding Bob Dylan's overwhelming importance as a songwriter. Everybody who does my job exists in the shadow of Bob…

— Steve Earle

I don't consider myself a songwriter, I've tried, I've written a few with friends but that's an art form I'm gonna leave to guys…

— Mark Chesnutt

And I can say this, most of the people who have recorded my songs are songwriters themselves.

— Smokey Robinson

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

— Ryan Hurd

I've only written 30 songs or something. Dylan's written over 500 songs. There's no comparison. He's the Shakespeare of rock 'n' roll and popular music.

— Sixto Rodriguez