Band Quote by Sammy Hagar

I'm a closet singer-songwriter. That keeps my creative juices flowing.

— Zoe McLellan

Songwriting is too mysterious and uncontrolled a process for me to direct it towards any one thing.

— James Taylor

As a songwriter, you always look for guys that you can write good with. Show up, have an idea, knock it out of the…

— Jon Pardi

When I'm writing, those ideas are seldom inspired by music itself. I won't often listen to an artist and come up with an idea.

— St. Lucia

When After Forever stopped, I didn't want to first find a band, then see if I could write with them, figure that whole thing…

— Floor Jansen

I'm a songwriter.

— John Rzeznik

I'm basically a songwriter, man. Songwriters are down in the fine print, you know? And I really enjoy that.

— J. J. Cale

As a songwriter, I've always loved to tell stories. But in my band, it was always about what would make sense for a band…

— Cassadee Pope

I don't consider myself a songwriter, I've tried, I've written a few with friends but that's an art form I'm gonna leave to guys…

— Mark Chesnutt

My intentions have been, and are always, to just really get behind what my ideas are musically and to just ride this thing out,…

— Ryan Adams

It's usually important to me to get my idea out first because a lot of times my ideas will seem weird to musicians.

— Boots Riley

When I first started out in this business, it was easy because nobody wanted anything from me. But now everyone wants something from me,…

— Josh Turner