Everybody Quote by Nuno Bettencourt

I don't sit there writing songs, thinking, 'This would be good for Rihanna.' I don't want to be pitching out like that.

— Sam Smith

No matter what, if you write a song that's great that everyone expects to be a hit, then everyone's going to be expecting another…

— LP

We love writing hit songs. That thrills us.

— Matthew Ramsey

To be honest I'd just love to keep writing hits for other people... That's kind of my secret dream.

— Charli XCX

I love writing songs, but I don't want to write the songs everyone else is asking me to write.

— Linda Perry

Everybody wants to write a hit song, but in Nashville people want to write the best song, which was my original intention as a…

— Melissa Manchester

I've written songs everywhere, and I think the place does matter.

— John Rzeznik

I get so frustrated with all these so-called singer-songwriters coming out and they don't write!

— KT Tunstall

Like I say, I'm always writing and if something sticks, it sticks. I get to write with great songwriters in town. Lori McKenna is…

— Tim McGraw

I was never trying to write a hit. I was just trying to write good songs and get a message out, and it was…

— John Denver

I'll have to get people to write songs for me right now until my own writing comes around.

— Andy Gibb

I'm a songwriter; that's where it starts. I love writing with someone that shares that same feeling of accomplishment. I'll play music for my…

— Randy Houser