Behinds Quote by Ronald Isley

I would sooner be robbed by a fan than a company. The fan may be broke and have but one choice. There is no…

— Mickey Newbury

The back story of a songwriter isn't important to me - I don't listen to music needing to know who the guy is.

— Jakob Dylan

I'm not a big songwriter guy. People who are really good singer-songwriters usually left me kind of cold.

— James Murphy

I think it's very interesting, people who can't stand people who whinge and whine. It seems almost like a class issue. Because you think…

— Glen Hansard

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

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

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

— Rosalia

As a songwriter, I think that comes with the territory. The older you get, you like to say it doesn't matter, but you care…

— Five for Fighting

There's a lot of artists out there who are pretty big but don't write their songs, they just have a lifestyle brand. These are…

— Weyes Blood

I don't know why songwriters struggle. They have to, I guess. If you're a young songwriter, quit struggling. It makes you look bad.

— Tom T. Hall

I find it so funny how people that don't write the music, and have no involvement in it, can make such huge decisions on…

— Cher Lloyd

A songwriter should have friends who are similarly interested; should move about in the milieu of work he has chosen for himself.

— Dorothy Fields