Caught Quote by Martha Wainwright

I found it was really impossible for me to write songs when I couldn't sing.

— Rosanne Cash

I can only sing songs my way. I don't know any other way.

— Billie Holiday

It came naturally to find out what I did best, which was to write songs and sing well.

— Weyes Blood

I just wanted a song to sing, and there came a point where I couldn't sing anything...nobo dy else was writing what I wanted…

— Bob Dylan

It was really hard to find people to come over and play guitar and sing and write songs together. So that turned me into…

— Jack White

I've been told it's hard to write about singing. I didn't realize that going into it. I might not have tried if I knew!

— Alexander Chee

I started being a songwriter pretending I could do it, and it turned out I could.

— James Taylor

For a while, I thought I would maybe be a writer. But with music, I was such a nerd; I was really obsessive about…

— Perfume Genius

I can read music, but I have no technique, and singing was never an option even though I sang a lot growing up.

— Mark Morris

I mean, I knew that one day I'd do something writing-oriented as soon as I started writing. But when I started singing, I was…

— Alison Sudol

I started singing when I was a teenager. I always wanted to write songs; I just didn't understand how someone could sing without writing…

— Olivia Merilahti

I have always had to write songs. As a lifestyle and as a business model, it's pretty difficult. Largely at this point I'm so…

— Doug Walters