Quotes of: Songwriter Keyword

A young songwriter shouldn't think he or she doesn't stand a chance because someone has big corporate people behind him. Never look at it like that.

Ronald Isley

The hack songwriter will write the absolute truth every single word, whether it makes a great song or not.

Paul Westerberg

Great classic music that I've been turned on to has not only inspired and influenced me, but it has had an effect on my songwriting.

Scott Weiland

I'd love to collaborate and write a song with Will Gallagher from Oasis. I think he's a great songwriter.

Taylor Momsen

Being a songwriter, singer, and a great part of a unit is more important than being Joe Guitar Hero.

Vivian Campbell

Being a good songwriter means paying attention and sticking your hand out the window to catch the song on the way to someone else's house!

Nanci Griffith

There's a lot of personal stuff that can go into songwriting but there's also a lot of dramatization and fictionalization. You have to do that to make a good song.

Norah Jones

Everything in life influences my music. I've always used songwriting as a means to share what I think is profound.

Jason Mraz

All we do as songwriters is rewrite the songs that have impressed us till we find our own voice. It's part of learning the craft.

Steve Earle

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.

Cris Judd

When you're a songwriter and you click with someone, you tend to want to keep writing with that person.

Billy Sherwood

My attempt at really doing classic sort of songwriting is Shins stuff.

James Mercer

The songwriting was almost like something I did while I was waiting for my daughter to come back.

Joni Mitchell

I found songwriting really hard at first, but after a while it was actually very easy.

Dionne Bromfield

I wanted to be a writer since I was a little girl - long before I was a musician and a songwriter.

Juliana Hatfield

I can speak for most songwriters - those breakup love songs are so easy to write, as far as the inspiration and all that.

Lucinda Williams

It's true when they say songwriting is 10% inspiration and 90% perspiration. In truth, what happens is... songs comes through you.

Greg Lake

Smokey Robinson is one of my heroes as a singer and songwriter; a major influence on my own music from the very start.

Daryl Hall

Songwriting is different from music, although I don't deny now that it would be nice to have a little more background in music theory.

Neil Diamond

I don't want to live in an ivory tower, being the songwriter who just turns inward.

Billie Joe Armstrong

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