Couple Quote by M. Ward

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

— Ahmet Ertegun

Usually, when you go in to make a record, you have 30 songs, and you record 30 of them, and 12 of them make…

— Dave Grohl

That's something that I think as a songwriter you have to ask yourself - why you're doing it. The world certainly doesn't need more…

— Jeff Tweedy

Really the only thing holding a lot of records together is the personality of the singer, and the will to write all of these…

— Elvis Costello

I've written a lot of songs but I haven't had the opportunity to record a lot of them.

— Gloria Gaynor

When you label something a singer-songwriter record, you cover many genres.

— Brian Fallon

You know, when you're making a record, you come up with 15, 20 songs. Then they start to fall by the wayside as your…

— David Johansen

I mean, just like every other prominent songwriter or producer, you have the shot. You send in records and if they make it, they…

— Bryce Wilson

My dream many years ago would've been to continue to write and record songs in record/album form for years to come, but now records…

— Will Oldham

I write a song to be recorded. And to some extent to be performed, but definitely more to be recorded than performed, because the…

— Will Oldham

I tend to have a lot of songs ready for each record I do anyway. I always have. I was thinking, the more you…

— Beth Hart

You want songs to sound cohesive with the other songs on the record but when you first start writing you just want to write…

— Jon Foreman