Emphasis Quote by Leonard Cohen

Song writing is very serious; it is hard.

— Gilbert O'Sullivan

I don't actually think that I'm a great songwriter - I'm just a really prolific songwriter, and I write so much that some of…

— Olivia Rodrigo

People always try to pigeonhole you, especially the media, who are happy if they can label you as a particular kind of artist. But…

— Chris de Burgh

Some things lend themselves well to songs, some things don't, and I'm learning that a lot at the moment. It's still a relatively new…

— PJ Harvey

The thing is, I'm not a prolific songwriter.

— Micky Dolenz

As a songwriter, it's kind of hard to listen to your own stuff with clarity.

— Stone Gossard

I'm not a big songwriter guy. People who are really good singer-songwriters usually left me kind of cold.

— James Murphy

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

— Joshua James Alphonse Franceschi

I think a lot of people think that I'm a humorist or comedy songwriter. I will never take offence, but I think a lot…

— CMAT

There's certain songs that you're gonna record that you hope to touch people and change lives, and there's certain songs that you know that…

— Tyler Farr

That's the challenge as a songwriter is that there's only so many things people want to hear about, and relationships is just one of…

— Matthew Ramsey

Being a songwriter, you are accepting that this isn't about you. If you do want it to be about you, you're going to be…

— Justin Tranter