Because Quote by The D.O.C

Before I could even hold a pen I was singing.

— Melanie Fiona

I was one of those guys, you know, playing and singing, and there was no reason for me to write a song, because there…

— John Mellencamp

I used to write on pads with a pen but had trouble reading the words the next day. Years later, Bob Dylan taught me…

— Leon Russell

I didn’t even know I could write music, but somehow Walt did. He tapped my hidden talents.

— Xavier Atencio

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 get tips from Bob Gaudio. And one of my songs somehow caught the attention of one of my idols, Marty Panzer, who wrote…

— Erich Bergen

A wise woman once told me "you shouldn't have written that song" I now believe her completely. I should've never put that pen to…

— Danny Worsnop

One of the first people that believed in me, the first person to invest in my talent, me and this guy used to argue…

— Dr. Dre

I didn't know if I could write. I was writing all these songs at home and was like, 'Maybe I can write?'

— Morgan Wallen

Back then, I was an acoustically-oriented artist. Honestly, 'Poetry Man' wouldn't have been my first choice.

— Phoebe Snow

I was never a 'sit down with a notepad and write lyrics' kind of person.

— James Vincent McMorrow

I was mainly a songwriter; I really wasn't much of a performer.

— J. J. Cale