Control Quote by Ryan Hurd

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

I think that's an interesting point of being a songwriter, is to write songs that make people think.

— Joshua James Alphonse Franceschi

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

The exciting thing about a songwriter is that, you know, particularly if you're a songwriter and an artist and you play the parts and…

— Stevie Wonder

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

If I don't write a song, I only record it when it's played for me for the first time and I connect to it,…

— Bea Miller

Artists are like messengers. A song is authored by you, but its interpretation is owned by other people. And you have no control over…

— Pharrell Williams

I don't think I'm a great songwriter, but I think I've learned a lot about it, and I don't think there's any one way…

— Norah Jones

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

Most times you don't write the song, the song writes you.

— Colin Linden

The thing is, I'm not a prolific songwriter.

— Micky Dolenz