Bags Quote by Van Morrison

I've had the great luxury in my career to be so successful as a songwriter that I didn't have the desperate need to have…

— Eric Carmen

I just don't see myself as a songwriter or a country singer or any of those things anymore. It's more trying to express ideas…

— Sturgill Simpson

I've had a great luxury in my career in that I became a very successful songwriter, which made it unnecessary for me to have…

— Eric Carmen

When I became a songwriter, it was out of some sort of desperation. I needed to create something. I had to latch on to…

— Mary Gauthier

It wasn't so much that I had to leave to make it in the music business as I was curious to be out on…

— Matthew Sweet

I definitely always thought of myself as a songwriter before a singer.

— Julia Michaels

I didn't want to become a personality, I wanted to be a musician, but because I didn't have an album to stand by yet…

— Florence Welch

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

— Zoe McLellan

I thought I was just going to be a songwriter for other people! And now I get to put out my own music, which…

— Kim Petras

When I started, I was very unsure of who I was. There were a lot of things in the songs that I didn't realize…

— Melanie Martinez

I always wanted to be a songwriter, and it took a while.

— Shawn Colvin

As a songwriter, I got used to being in the background.

— Poo Bear