Being Quote by The-Dream

So yeah, it's nothing that I'm doing on purpose, I just think that the more records, the more songs that I write, the more…

— Kenny Chesney

I could write all songs all day long about what I think about the music industry or music in general. Sometimes I gotta be…

— Laura Jane Grace

I believe in working with songs that have personal value for me.

— M. Ward

I really enjoy writing and producing for other artists. Some people save their best songs for their own albums. I'd rather give another artist…

— Missy Elliot

I would make far more money if every song were my own, but I don't write to fill up the album with my songs.

— Anita Baker

I think, you know, for me, whatever I need to slot into to make that music the best it can be or help the…

— Mark Ronson

I realized after writing songs for years how important it is. Whether it provides a living for me or not, that creative outlet is…

— Sam Hunt

I try to write songs. At our concerts, we take the cream of the crop from my back catalogue and I don't know if…

— Gordon Lightfoot

I know that often times a lot of people who work in music, whether they be labels and so on or even artists, want…

— K'naan

At some point, I'd like to make a record that's more of a self-serving guitar album, because I really love to play. It's not…

— Jason Isbell

I don't make records for this medium with which we're going to sell it. The selling of it can never be more important than…

— Jason Pierce

If I were a writer and not a singer in 10 years, I don't know how I'd feel about writing really personal songs and…

— Adele