Behinds Quote by Otis Blackwell

Then I decided I couldn't just crawl in the corner and die, so I started putting pen to paper and wrote some songs. I…

— Glenn Tipton

This has been a long and tiring battle for 10 years. And I'm glad it's finally resolved. My principles and reputation as a creative…

— Irene Cara

All the songwriters that I worked with said they'd like to work with me again. Such things serve as much inspiration for me. I…

— Seungri

I don't deserve a Songwriters Hall of Fame Award. But fifteen years ago, I had a brain operation and I didn't deserve that, either.…

— Quincy Jones

In the past, being young, I might have been standoffish to working with other songwriters.

— Raheem DeVaughn

I wasn't pursuing a musical career or anything. It just happened and then it was there.

— Ian Astbury

I wasn't letting people in with the music writing process, and for a long time, I thought I was hard to work with.

— Tobias Forge

I had to come to terms with my failure as an artist... I had to find a way for myself.

— Tracey Emin

My musical career was an accident.

— Sade Adu

It took me 11 years to struggle through one dumb book, and every day you just want to give up. But you don't find…

— Junot Diaz

When After Forever stopped, I didn't want to first find a band, then see if I could write with them, figure that whole thing…

— Floor Jansen

I was a songwriter; that was the torch I carried. This is an honorable profession. This is what I do.

— Rosanne Cash