“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.” PeopleBelieveHardWantedUsedArtistSongMy OwnRecordsSawsIndustryMountainBuiltReputationLabelsBelieve In MeSongwritersClownRecord Labels Author:Emeli Sande
“As a songwriter you have an umbilical cord to the song and it's hard to expand on your understanding of the lyrics. Whereas when you cover a song you can create your own reason why you're attached to it.” HardReasonSongUnderstandingReason WhySongwritersCordsUmbilical Cord Author:K. D. Lang
“I loved hard-rock bands, and I loved songwriters who told stories.” HardStoriesRocksBandSongwritersRock BandsHard Rock Author:Art Alexakis
“It was really hard to find people to come over and play guitar and sing and write songs together. So that turned me into a songwriter that way, just so I could be able to play with other people.” PeopleWayWritingHardPlayAbleTogetherSongGuitarSongwriters Author:Jack White
“As a songwriter it's kind of hard to listen to your own stuff with clarity.” KindHardStuffClaritySongwriters Author:Stone Gossard