“I feel fortunate that I've had a lot of songs recorded by other people, because I take my songwriting very seriously. It's only those people that have followed me over the years and really know my work that know how serious I am about all of it - including the way I look. You can't take my high heels from me, you can't have my long fingernails, you can't take all this hair from me, because it's part of this thing that I've become. I wouldn't want to give any of it up. Do I have to be ugly to be a songwriter? This is the way I am, and it's what I choose to be.” PeopleKnowsWayWantGivingFeelsYearsLooksLongSongMusicKnow HowSeriousHairLuckIncludingUglyFortunateSongwritingHeelsSongwritersHigh HeelsFingernails Author:Dolly Parton
“I'm just a singer/songwriter and entertainer and I miss people and the energy of the crowd. When I play live it's a lovefest with me and my audience. It's how I get my rocks off.” PeoplePlayEnergyMusicAudienceRocksMissingCrowdsSingersSongwritersEntertainersSinger Songwriters Author:Dolly Parton
“Music is my personal addiction. So much of everything I've done has only been to open more doors for the music itself. It all gets back to the fact that I am, first of all, a songwriter and a singer.” FirstsDoneFactsMusicDoorsMusic IsAddictionSingersGet BackSongwriters Author:Dolly Parton
“Imagination is the key to my lyrics. The rest is painted with a little science fiction.” LittlesImaginationFictionMusicKeysScience FictionSongwritingSongwriters Book:Starting At Zero: His Own Story Source: Starting At Zero: His Own Story
“A songwriter writes songs all the time, whereas just writing a song can be done by anyone, anytime.” WritingDoneSongMusicSongwritingSongwriters Author:Bryan Adams
“You could write a song about some kind of emotional problem you are having, but it would not be a good song, in my eyes, until it went through a period of sensitivity to a moment of clarity. Without that moment of clarity to contribute to the song, it's just complaining.” WritingKindMomentsProblemEyeSongMusicEmotionalPeriodsComplainingClarityThat MomentSongwritingSongwritersSensitivityMoments Of ClarityEmotional Problems Author:Joni Mitchell
“All the good music has already been written by people with wigs and stuff.” PeopleFunnyStuffMusicWrittenSongwritingRock N RollSongwritersWigsFunny MusicPiano MusicModern MusicClassical Musicians Author:Frank Zappa
“I don't deserve a Songwriters Hall of Fame Award. But fifteen years ago, I had a brain operation and I didn't deserve that, either. So I'll keep it.” YearsBrainMusicFameMusicianDeserveYears AgoOperationsHallsAwardsFifteenSongwritersFifteen YearsHall Of Fame Author:Quincy Jones
“It seems to me that those songs that have been any good, I have nothing much to do with the writing of them. The words have just crawled down my sleeve and come out on the page.” WritingHas BeensSeemsSongMusicPagesSingingMemorableSongwritingSongwritersSleevesWriting SongsSinging Songs Author:Joan Baez
“My discussion with Keith Richards about the creative process led me to believe that there's an invisible presence of a stream of ever-flowing creativity that we overhear-all you have to do is pull up the antenna and dial it in. This presence allows you to maintain your sense of origin and move forward.” BelieveMovingProcessMusicCreativityCreativeInvisibleMoving ForwardDiscussionStreamsSongwritingCreative ProcessSongwritersWriting SongsKeithPull UpsAntenna Author:Billy Gibbons