Circles Quote by Rodney Crowell

I've had the great luxury in my career to be so successful as a songwriter that I didn't have the desperate need to have…

— Eric Carmen

I was mainly a songwriter; I really wasn't much of a performer.

— J. J. Cale

I've had a great luxury in my career in that I became a very successful songwriter, which made it unnecessary for me to have…

— Eric Carmen

A lot of people considered my career as an artist largely over. Two albums got shelved. But I've made music since I was a…

— Mike Posner

My story of success and failure is not just about music and being famous. It's about living and loving and trying to find purpose…

— Wynonna Judd

I'm sure I would have been considered a more significant artist if I was a singer-songwriter. It's just not the way I roll. I…

— Bonnie Raitt

I built a reputation as a songwriter in the industry before my own hits. People were used to coming to me for songs. There…

— Emeli Sande

As a songwriter and a singer in a successful rock band, I have had the good fortune of being surrounded by incredible musicians, lots…

— Ed Kowalczyk

My aspirations aren't to sell millions of records, but to write really good songs.

— Tom Odell

I made an album that resonated, and I was lucky that a lot of different kinds of people liked it and contacted me to…

— Peaches

I had no idea that I could sustain a career as an artist. But, I loved music and wanted to be in the music…

— Ray Stevens

People have always said that I could have been a highly successful pop artist, if only that were my intention. It never was. My…

— Todd Rundgren