Quotes of: Songwriter Keyword

Songwriting is such an intricate part of me as an artist and as a person; I couldn't just let someone else do it.

Shakira

My writing voice is a little quirkier, more singer-songwriter-y than the Top 40 stuff I cover.

Sam Tsui

I actually went to an Oasis concert. I thought they were a brilliant songwriting band.

Tom Stoppard

I was being categorized as some kind of twangy songwriter. And that's just not how I see myself.

Kathleen Edwards

I didn't want to be this four-chord acoustic singer songwriter because that stuff just got so old to me.

Kathleen Edwards

Songwriting is something that's very daunting until you have your first successful song, I think.

Richie Sambora

I find writing songs hard, because it does not come naturally to me. I never set out to be a songwriter or a singer.

Robert Wyatt

When you tune your guitar in a different way, it lends itself to a new way of looking at your songwriting.

Sheryl Crow

After two years in the songwriting world, I wrote 'All About That Bass.' L.A. Reid heard it and signed me as an artist.

Meghan Trainor

Songwriting is like a therapy, it's a connection that you have with another person, and I'm not scared of it at all for some reason.

Colbie Caillat

You get a letter from her agency embracing you into the family that says, 'It is our goal now to help you achieve your dream of being a songwriter, in John's memory.'

Arthur Godfrey

As far as songwriting, my inspirations came from love, life and death, and viewing other people's situations.

Ed Sheeran

Songwriting is actually a really great outlet. I kind of recommend it. You get to sum up whatever is going on in your life in a song, then perform it really passionately.

Bridgit Mendler

That's the great thing about songwriting: You have that time to have perspective and look back and think about all the things you'd want to say.

Gin Wigmore

Not that there is anything wrong with confessional songwriting, there are plenty of people that do that I admire. I think it is great, it just isn't how I do things.

Zooey Deschanel

When people who are songwriters say 'That's my property and if you give it away for free then I'll lose my incentive,' then, well, good riddance.

Ian MacKaye

Faith is a really important part of my life and inspires me in all facets of my life, including my songwriting and my singing.

Vusi Mahlasela

With songwriting I spend a lot of time living life, accruing all these experiences, journaling, and then by the time I get to the studio I'm teeming with the drive to write.

Alanis Morissette

Throughout my career as a songwriter, I've had a knack for writing songs that were about me and my life experiences and observations.

Richie Sambora

When I hear the piano played in a compositional way, like in a songwriter's way in a compositional way, there's a certain arc to that that I love.

Chick Corea

I love to rock 'n roll. But my finest suit, of all the things I do, is as a songwriter.

Dan Fogelberg