Songwriter Quotes
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Being a songwriter, singer, and a great part of a unit is more important than being Joe Guitar Hero.
— Vivian Campbell
I'd love to collaborate and write a song with Will Gallagher from Oasis. I think he's a great songwriter.
— Taylor Momsen
I can remember - barely - when Elton John was still a good songwriter, or at least capable of writing good songs.
— Terry Teachout
I didn't do music to live; I lived so that I could do music.
— Charlotte Eriksson
My attitude these days is, if you write a bad song, what are they gonna do, throw you in songwriter jail?
— John Hiatt
It all takes time and lessons and places, but I'm learning to listen to my restless heart, telling me to go, go, go!
— Charlotte Eriksson
I don't think I'm a political songwriter as much as I am just a political person. I think it's in my fabric.
— Steve Earle
Human interaction. The most complicated form of happiness I will never figure out.
— Charlotte Eriksson
It's a songwriter's dream to have a song recorded and run up the charts.
— Valerie Simpson
I love to rock 'n roll. But my finest suit, of all the things I do, is as a songwriter.
— Dan Fogelberg
Cash said in return, "I'm a songwriter. I use my imagination. The important thing is the message of the song, not the imagery.
— Robert Hilburn
People often talk about me as a singer, but they don't often talk about you when you're a woman as a songwriter.
— Sinead O'Connor
The hack songwriter will write the absolute truth every single word, whether it makes a great song or not.
— Paul Westerberg
No matter how long what I'm doing here lasts, I want to be a songwriter for the rest of my life. I love it and it's my escape.
— Miley Cyrus
I mainly like to do singer/songwriter kind of stuff.
— Hayley Orrantia
It's my responsibility as a singer-songwriter to report the news.
— John Mellencamp
It's amazing how a truly great songwriter can touch anyone in the world with their words.
— Christina Aguilera
As much as I love being a singer-songwriter, I love throwing down on stage and letting it all out.
— Tift Merritt
As an artist and a songwriter myself, I like to feel connected to modern culture and watch how sounds change.
— John Feldmann
I see myself continuing to be a songwriter and a motivator and someone that has grown in her faith.
— Ashthon Jones
What formed me as a musician, a songwriter, the sound and personality of my band, a whole lot of that happened well before 1991.
— Chris Cornell
I'm a singer-songwriter. So I play guitar, and I sing. Along the lines of, I guess you could call it, alternative rock.
— Brandon Jones
I've always been around musicians and always been the songwriter who doesn't end up playing the music.
— Alex Ebert
I came out to L.A. to be a songwriter and not an artist, and I'm so excited because I always secretly wanted to be an artist.
— Charlie Puth
As a songwriter, I don't rush. I may sit on lyrics for two years before the music hits.
— Ben Harper
I'd hate to be a songwriter starting a career today.
— Otis Blackwell
The thing is, I'm not a prolific songwriter.
— Micky Dolenz
I started as a songwriter and wanted to be like Leonard Cohen. I've always seen my stories as enlarged songs.
— Kazuo Ishiguro
I've always wanted to be a songwriter and a storyteller and somebody who conveys a feeling to the listener or the viewer.
— Wes Borland
The longer you live the less you're dead.
— James Mee
I always wanted to be known as a songwriter and not just a songbird.
— Carly Rae Jepsen
I always did go against the singer-songwriter form. I think I've always had a lot of storytelling songs.
— Jill Sobule
I'm English, and I started off as a songwriter, so I can't really escape that - it's there.
— Damon Albarn
I may not be the most famous songwriter in the world, but you know a David Friedman song when you hear it. It took me a long time to appreciate that.
— David Friedman
I honestly don't class myself as a songwriter. I've got 'musician' written on my passport. That's even funnier.
— Robert Smith
As a songwriter or artist, there's only so many ways you can say, 'I love you' or 'I think you're beautiful.'
— Tyler Farr
I would advise anyone starting out as a singer/songwriter to play live as much possible. You never know who might be in the audience.
— Vonda Shepard
I didn't get into music to become a blues musician, or a country musician. I'm a singer-songwriter. In my book that means I get to do whatever I want.
— Justin Townes Earle
I want you to remember something for me. My name is Robbie Williams. I'm a singer, a songwriter, and a born entertainer.
— Robbie Williams
I wanted to be a blues guitar player. And a singer. And a songwriter. Not a shock jock.
— John Mayer
I'm a great songwriter, but I'm not the most talented musician.
— Noel Gallagher
I love being a very personal singer-songwriter, but I also like being a scientist or explorer.
— Bjork
I wanted to be a writer since I was a little girl - long before I was a musician and a songwriter.
— Juliana Hatfield
As a songwriter, you might write every day and throughout the course of a year you might get four songs that are really special.
— Dierks Bentley
I'm not a natural songwriter.
— Rod Stewart
I'm not only a songwriter but I'm a massive music fan and I love going to shows. It's different than reading a book.
— Craig Finn
I am a complicated person with a simple life and I am the reason for everything that ever happened to me.
— Charlotte Eriksson
I'm a songwriter. Everything affects me.
— Taylor Swift
I like the idea that a song can be something that you can lean on, both for the songwriter and for the person who hears the song.
— Rostam Batmanglij
And my favourite new songwriter is Joe Banfi from Sheffield. He's dark, edgy, serene and beautiful.
— Ben Lovett
I'm always looking for overlooked post-Dylan singer-songwriter records from the '70s.
— Noah Baumbach
As a songwriter, that's really what you hope for - to make that connection with your audience.
— Chang Chen-yue
My only concern about art collaborations is that I never thought of myself as an Artist. My tax forms say Musician/Songwriter.
— Sufjan Stevens
I'm a songwriter, and people will tell you the greatest stories about their lives, whether you want to hear it or not.
— Lionel Richie
I wanted to say all these things about how you just have to hold on to the things you love and let go of all the rest.
— Charlotte Eriksson
