In the past Quote by Patty Smyth

I like the old days when, if I wrote a song and I recorded it, it didn't mean somebody else couldn't record it.

— Chris Stapleton

I started recording because I was always complaining about the records that I was getting of my songs. At least if I did them…

— Randy Newman

I've made sure that in any situation and with any record label, I'm allowed to write my own music.

— Taylor Swift

Me making music happened not even from a desire to make records.

— Roisin Murphy

If anything, I don't have any intention of recording music that's just me playing acoustic guitar singing a song anytime soon.

— King Khan

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

— Gloria Gaynor

I always had a standard of, back when I was doing the country music I always told people I would never record a song…

— Ricky Skaggs

I began the process of recording myself seriously in the fall of 1999. If I could finish an album of my own music, I…

— Jack Irons

I stopped making records because I didn't like the way they were wanting me to record.

— Porter Wagoner

When I started working on my own music, I didn't have the chance to record in a big music studio, so I had to…

— Agnes Obel

I started writing out all of my feelings, and people asked me, 'Have you ever thought of recording your music?' It was something I'd…

— Khalid

I had all the material for a long time, but I was just too busy. Sometimes we'd sit around at home and sing some…

— June Carter Cash