Goal Quote by Taylor Swift

When we start to write for a new record, we never really know what we're doing. We don't come into the room with a…

— Vince Clarke

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

— Joshua James Alphonse Franceschi

Whenever a songwriter writes a big hit, then the next 20 songs they write - no matter how bad they are - get recorded.

— Ahmet Ertegun

It's always interesting to me to see people projecting things, like people would say, "This record is much more mature than your other record"…

— Regina Spektor

I think very often producers are really trying to repeat things. When they hear something in the new songs that they recognize as being…

— Brian Eno

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

I really just tried to make a record full of great songs, which is the goal I always have.

— Martina McBride

It's nice to see people invest in what you do as an artist and sing the songs back at you and feel something. You…

— Chris Stapleton

For us, we make a song, and if we like it, it goes on a record.

— Tyler Joseph

My philosophy for producing a record is for everyone involved, including myself, to get out of the way of the song, and at the…

— M. Ward

Writing a record is like dating a few men at once. You take them to the same restaurants to see if they measure up,…

— Lady Gaga

It's hard to think back. I didn't even know I was going to do it, make actual records. But I was always making up…

— Stephen Malkmus