Being successful Quote by Ronnie Hawkins

I always knew Gordon Lightfoot was a really great songwriter, but his stuff even sounds better and better all the time. It's just so…

— John Prine

I've always been trying to write songs like Lightfoot. A song of mine like 'Come Monday' is a direct result of me trying to…

— Jimmy Buffett

Gordon Lightfoot looms pretty large in my life as a writer and an artist in general. I never travel anywhere without at least two…

— Ron Sexsmith

There is a limited supply of excellent songs, but I am not the only one. Paul McCartney, one of the best songwriters of all…

— Noel Gallagher

If someone can write great music... Paul McCartney is a genius. He's so prolific. All we should do is bow down to Paul McCartney.

— Fred Armisen

After I started singing, I'd go to my dad's records I grew up with in his house listening to: Gordon Lightfoot, John Denver, the…

— Jeff Gutt

I saw that [music] reflected in my mother when we listened to these records [of Bob Gordon]. And I felt it too.

— Jon Gordon

I've always been a massive fan of John Mayer. I think he's very talented.

— Ed Sheeran

I rate Morrissey as one of the best lyricists in Britain. For me, he's up there with Bryan Ferry.

— David Bowie

I will say one thing: Mick Mars is one of the greatest songwriters I've ever met in my life and had the pleasure to…

— Andy Biersack

I think every song Slipknot has written is a greatest hit, but there are only four records.

— Shawn Crahan

He's written some great songs. I thought that "Blues Man" was a perfect song for me to do as a tribute.

— Alan Jackson