Allowed Quote by Ronan Keating

I didn't feel like I was allowed to be a songwriter. I thought I had to be a really intelligent lyricist, like a poet.

— Kate Nash

I think to be a good songwriter, you have to be able to play an instrument.

— Joe Cocker

I don't think I really make singer-songwritery-type music - it's not my strong point.

— Mark Ronson

It's the meanest thing to abuse your power as a songwriter. To write pointedly about someone... it's kind of unfair to use them. They…

— Mark Foster

All you need in a successful boyband is two great singers and three okay singers and you get can away with it.

— Louis Walsh

There's certain things as a songwriter that I don't really care to write about, and there are certain things I won't sing about anymore.…

— Randy Houser

I'm not a children's songwriter. I'm not in that world.

— Linda Perry

I completely understand why I am considered a singer-songwriter and I have no problem with any of that. It's just when I'm thinking of…

— Alex G

You always have to work to become a better singer, songwriter and performer.

— Luke Bryan

If you want to be a songwriter, you've got to obsess over it.

— Natalie Prass

Being a songwriter, you are accepting that this isn't about you. If you do want it to be about you, you're going to be…

— Justin Tranter

Most people think in order to validate yourself as an artist, you have to write your own songs. I commend the guys that do.…

— Jake Owen