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I see what other people do and what songwriters don't. They don't get out and take care of themselves. Producers turn themselves into a…

— Ester Dean

Songwriters write songs, but they really belong to the listener.

— Jimmy Buffett

Songwriters can sort of get away with murder. You can throw out crazy theories and not have to back it up with data or…

— Andrew Bird

There are so many songwriters that people don't know about. There's so many producers that people don't know about.

— Rosalia

Songwriters aren't always performers, and even performing songwriters aren't always the kind of show-biz performers you think they'd be.

— Lyle Lovett

Songwriters tend to make records instead of talking to people.

— Sharleen Spiteri

When you're a songwriter, people wonder about your personal life and the meanings behind the songs, and that can feel pretty invasive, so you…

— Will Sheff

That's what I was gonna say. It seems like songwriters should express who they are through what they're doing rather than trying to go…

— Ron Mael

People expect not just songwriters but all personalities to pontificate about their egos.

— Cass McCombs

There's a lot of vulnerability in songs - I'm not talking about pop songs - from people that are in the art of songwriting…

— Mary Gauthier

When you research prolific songwriters, it is usually later in their career they write songs that they distance themselves from, or it's about other…

— Paloma Faith

Songwriting and poetry are so commonly birthed from underdogs because one can make even the ugliest situations admirable, or more beautiful than the beautiful…

— Criss Jami