Songwriter Quotes - page 4

The immediacy of the technology of the web allows us, as songwriters, to write something very sharp and quick. That has a lot to do with helping a songwriter be more reflective of reality, instead of being in an area where you have to process things. It's the difference between processing fish and catching it in a boat. (Chuck D)
Im a songwriter and Id love to make that a part of my career. View quote
Condola Rashad
The majority of people know me as a dancer, but they don't also know that I'm a director, a songwriter and a producer. View quote
Cris Judd
I always wanted to be known as a songwriter and not just a songbird. View quote
Carly Rae Jepsen
As a songwriter, you might write every day and throughout the course of a year you might get four songs that are really special. View quote
Dierks Bentley
A songwriter should have friends who are similarly interested; should move about in the milieu of work he has chosen for himself. View quote
Dorothy Fields
The songwriter mustn't fall in love with his own song. If it doesn't belong, he can't push it into a show. Let him save it; maybe it'll fit in another show. View quote
Dorothy Fields
Smokey Robinson is one of my heroes as a singer and songwriter, a major influence on my own music from the very start. View quote
Daryl Hall
I'm an around-the-way girl. I'm a singer, songwriter. I'm about positivity and spreading a good message and telling the people's story. View quote
Elle Varner
'Clown' was written when I couldn't find anyone who believed in me as an artist. Maybe those labels will think twice next time a young songwriter comes along. View quote
Emeli Sande
I built a reputation as a songwriter in the industry before my own hits. People were used to coming to me for songs. There were songs like 'Clown' and 'Mountains' that were my songs that I wanted to keep. But the record labels saw me as a songwriter. It was hard to get people to believe in me as an artist. (Emeli Sande)
I'm a songwriter who just wants to bring people great songs. View quote
Ester Dean
I think with any songwriter the first 1,000 songs are always terrible. View quote
Graham Russell
I was a different person before I started to write. When I realized I could be a songwriter and that people would listen - that was when I started feeling good in my life. View quote
Gwen Stefani
I always loved LeAnn Rimes and especially Clint Black for his soulfulness. As I've gotten older, my influences have broadened - John Mayer, Michael Buble, Stevie Wonder, Keith Urban, Stevie Ray Vaughn, the Beatles - all of these artists have somehow been a part of my development as a songwriter. View quote
Hunter Hayes
I now possess the tools as a producer and a songwriter to really just go out and make smashes all day long. I could make an album full of smash records that got pop appeal. But my heart is in hip-hop. My heart is in telling stories. And it's like therapy for me. View quote
J. Cole
It's much easier to work on other people's music and play in other people's bands as a guitar player instead of being the main songwriter and singer. That's a really big job to do that. View quote
James Iha
My brother is an excellent songwriter, and I play guitar and drums. View quote
Jeremy London
I always wanted to be an artist; being a songwriter for myself was always a must but being a songwriter for others has been a bonus. View quote
Jessie J
I didn't mean to be a songwriter; I just was writing for fun, you have all day to do it. I was homeless so that's all I had to do. View quote
Jewel
I've been fortunate that when Frank Sinatra was in concert, he would say, 'Here's a song by a wonderful young songwriter, Jimmy Webb,' and I'd be in the front row and stand up. That gets people talking about you. (Jimmy Webb)
The greatness of Mac Rebennack, alias, Dr. John, also known as John Crieux, rests on his command of the musical use of idiomatic expression. Not a technically well-endowed singer, nor a great songwriter, he leaves his mark through the discipline and control he exerts over all that he touches. View quote
Jon Landau
You have to live what you write, or you have to know it. There are exceptions, like story songs, where you just have to have your facts straight. But I think you don't have to live a hard life to be a good or interesting songwriter. View quote
Justin Townes Earle
First and foremost, I consider myself a songwriter. View quote
Kenny Chesney
I realized that I wanted to get better in every way. As a person, as a friend, as a songwriter, as a musician, as an artist, record producer, you name it. View quote
Kenny Chesney