Quotes of: Songwriter Keyword

A songwriter should have friends who are similarly interested; should move about in the milieu of work he has chosen for himself.

Dorothy Fields

As a songwriter, if you can touch people and make them feel a little less alone in the world, then you've done your job.

Tom Cochrane

I find so many songwriters today are missing an element... either the production is amazing but the songs aren't, or it's the other way around.

Rufus Wainwright

Songwriting is a mysterious art. When I sit down to write a song, the end result should be mysterious and have this dark quality.

Martin Gore

Songwriting is like editing. You write down all this stuff - all this bad, stupid stuff - and then you have to get rid of everything except the very best.

Juliana Hatfield

Sinatra was pretty astute - he used the best songwriters around, he used all the resources, he covered every song from the era basically.

Martin Fry

And I can say this, most of the people who have recorded my songs are songwriters themselves.

Smokey Robinson

Writing for somebody else is really fun 'cause I consider myself a songwriter first and foremost.

Kesha

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'm a songwriter, principally, and I was real excited that people liked my songs, but you get a bit of an ego about it.

Rick Springfield

It's nice to finally have a CD out which reflects my songwriting, my singing and the band that I have.

Mick Taylor

Nobody in my family was musical. I had no idea you could be a songwriter and make a living at it. It was all discovery. It was all just thrown at me.

Valerie Simpson

I do remember actually learning chords to Beatles songs. I thought they were great songwriters.

Mick Taylor

I want people to have a good time. It's boring only to hear singer/songwriters spilling their guts.

Lykke Li

If you pour your life into songs, you want them to be heard. It's a desire to communicate. A deep desire to communicate inspires songwriting.

Bono

I don't have to compete in the charts. I can just be myself as a musician, a songwriter and play with the musicians that I really love.

Elton John

The focus is on singer/songwriters now rather than huge shows. I mean, of course there's always a place for that too.

Emeli Sande

And my favourite new songwriter is Joe Banfi from Sheffield. He's dark, edgy, serene and beautiful.

Ben Lovett

One other thing, if it's possible, as songwriters, you should also develop yourself as record producers.

Barry Mann

I feel, as a songwriter, it's one of the hardest things to do - to sit down and say how you feel.

Bruno Mars

I felt I never needed to fight for a more prominent songwriting and increased vocal role with the Cars.

Benjamin Orr