“I now possess the tools as a producer and a songwriter to really just go out and make smashes all day long. I could make an album full of smash records that got pop appeal. But my heart is in hip-hop. My heart is in telling stories. And it's like therapy for me.” HeartLongStoriesRecordsMy HeartToolsHip HopAlbumsPopsProducersHipsAppealsTherapyHopsSongwritersTelling Stories Author:J. Cole
“I never thought of myself as being a good songwriter. There are a ton of other people that are good songwriters, but I don't think I'm in the club. What I do well is perform, sometimes sing pretty good, and accompany myself well and arrange fairly well.” PeopleThinkingWellsSometimesClubsSongwritersAccompany Author:Alex Chilton
“A songwriter should have friends who are similarly interested; should move about in the milieu of work he has chosen for himself.” ShouldMovingShould HaveChosenSongwritersMilieu Author:Dorothy Fields
“There aren't more lady songwriters for the same reason that there aren't more lady doctors or lady accountants or lady lawyers; not enough women have the time for careers.” ReasonEnoughCareersDoctorsLawyerSongwritersAccountants Author:Dorothy Fields
“Spotify has paid more than two billion dollars to labels, publishers and collecting societies for distribution to songwriters and recording artists.” TwoArtistPaidDollarsBillionsLabelsSongwritersPublishersDistributionCollectingSpotify Author:Daniel Ek
“Smokey Robinson is one of my heroes as a singer and songwriter, a major influence on my own music from the very start.” My OwnInfluenceHeroMajorsSingersSongwritersMy Hero Author:Daryl Hall
“One other thing, if it's possible, as songwriters, you should also develop yourself as record producers.” IfsShouldRecordsProducersSongwriters Author:Barry Mann
“Maia Sharp is one of America's great singer-songwriters. Her storytelling runs profound and deep while honoring a pop tradition that urges you to sing along and feel good. Maia sings with an angelic voice that's shrouded in stark realism and a healthy dose of cynicism.....it's an exotic cocktail!” FeelsRunningAmericaVoiceHealthyTraditionProfoundPopsSingersStorytellingFeel GoodUrgesCynicismRealismSongwritersExoticSinger SongwritersDoseCocktailsStarksAngelic Author:Don Was
“I am at my core a singer/songwriter a la James Taylor or a la Billy Joel. It's not that I don't want to work with people, but I do just love doing my own thing.” PeopleWantMy OwnSingersCoreSongwritersSinger Songwriters Author:Brian McKnight
“I'm a songwriter who's put my childhood memories and teenage angst into songs.” SongMemoriesChildhoodSongwritersTeenageAngstChildhood MemoriesTeenage Angst Author:Paula Cole
“The truth is, I initially became a singer-songwriter while still in my teens because it was the only way to guarantee that somebody on earth would sing the songs I was writing. Since then, I've performed just about everywhere: rock clubs, concerts halls, arenas, TV.” WayWritingStillsEarthSongRocksTvsTruth IsClubsSingersGuaranteesHallsConcertsTeensSongwritersArenaSinger SongwritersGuarantees That Author:Rupert Holmes
“I want to say at once that I frankly believe that Irving Berlin is the greatest songwriter that has ever lived.... His songs are exquisite cameos of perfection, and each one of them is as beautiful as its neighbor. Irving Berlin remains, I think, America's Schubert.” ThinkingWantBelieveAmericaBeautifulSongPerfectionRemainsNeighborSongwritersExquisiteBerlinGershwinCameosSchubert Author:George Gershwin
“I've only been to Ireland once, and I felt I would wake up with voices in my head, almost like music, and that if I were a songwriter, I would be very inspired.” IfsWould BeFeltVoiceWake UpInspiredIrelandSongwritersVoices In My HeadVery Inspired Author:Steven Morrissey
“It's much easier to work on other people's music and play in other people's bands as a guitar player instead of being the main songwriter and singer. That's a really big job to do that.” PeoplePlayBigsJobsPlayerEasierBandGuitarSingersSongwritersGuitar Player Author:James Iha
“The way I work, I'm not a confessional singer-songwriter.” WaySingersSongwritersSinger Songwriters Author:Andrew Bird
“Well, my main instrument is violin, but I think of myself as a songwriter who happens to play violin.” ThinkingWellsPlayHappensInstrumentsSongwritersViolin Author:Andrew Bird
“Obviously everybody knows that I'm an original songwriter and I got my band. And the guys in Sugar Money, no matter what, are part of my family and they always got something to do with me, and I don't care if they just hang out with me.” IfsKnowsMatterCareGuyBandMy FamilyOriginalsNo Matter WhatDon't CareI Don't CareHanging OutSugarSongwriters Author:Bo Bice
“I like this town, it's really great. They've put me in The Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. This town is about music. It's about the kind of music I like.” KindFameTownsHallsSongwritersReally GreatNashvilleHall Of Fame Author:Otis Blackwell
“I got behind that pencil and nothing happened for many years, but since they put me in the Songwriters Hall of Fame, I've turned around. I took a good look at myself and said, I think it's time to get back at work.” ThinkingYearsLooksSaidBehindsHappenedFameHallsGet BackSongwritersLooking GoodPencilsHall Of Fame Author:Otis Blackwell
“What is qualified? What have I been qualified for in my life? I haven't been qualified to be a mayor. I'm not qualified to be a songwriter. I'm not qualified to be a TV producer. I'm not qualified to be a successful businessman. And so, I don't know what qualified means.” KnowsMeanSuccessfulHavensTvsProducersSongwritersBusinessmanQualifiedMayorsSuccessful BusinessSuccessful Businessman Author:Sonny Bono
“I've always wanted to be a songwriter and a storyteller and somebody who conveys a feeling to the listener or the viewer.” FeelingsWantedListenersSongwritersViewersStoryteller Author:Wes Borland
“I realized that I wanted to get better in every way. As a person, as a friend, as a songwriter, as a musician, as an artist, record producer, you name it.” WayPersonsWantedArtistNamesRecordsMusicianI RealizedProducersGet BetterSongwriters Author:Kenny Chesney
“Being a songwriter, singer, and a great part of a unit is more important than being Joe Guitar Hero.” ImportantHeroGuitarSingersSongwritersUnitsGuitar Hero Author:Vivian Campbell
“I don't think people really understood what I did. And you know, in my book, 'A Helluva High Note' deals with my back story, that I was a songwriter, that I spent years trying to hone my craft and being rejected and then finally becoming a successful songwriter, record executive and publisher.” PeopleThinkingKnowsTryingYearsBookStoriesDealsSuccessfulRecordsBecomingUnderstoodNotesCraftsExecutivesRejectedSongwritersPublishersHigh Notes Author:Kara DioGuardi
“There's a lot of craft that goes into achieving a hit song - at the beginning of your career, you're usually more inspiration than craft, and you get great when those intersect. A skilled songwriter can get you to that intersection.” InspirationSongCareersAchieveCraftsSongwritersIntersections Author:Kara DioGuardi
“Yeah, I always listen to both classic and newer folk-influenced music. Singer-songwriter, alternative music. I also listen to more experimental dance music.” YeahFolksSingersAlternativesClassicSongwritersSinger SongwritersDance MusicAlternative Music Author:Brad Delson
“Just like any songwriter, I love it when people sing my songs.” PeopleSongSongwriters Author:Tim Finn
“I think a lot of singer-songwriters get compared to each other, but I'd like to think that what I'm doing is special and specific to me.” ThinkingSpecialSingersSongwritersSinger Songwriters Author:Kina Grannis
“As a songwriter, you might write every day and throughout the course of a year you might get four songs that are really special.” WritingYearsMightSongCoursesFourSpecialSongwriters Author:Dierks Bentley
“You have to live what you write, or you have to know it. There are exceptions, like story songs, where you just have to have your facts straight. But I think you don't have to live a hard life to be a good or interesting songwriter.” ThinkingKnowsWritingHardFactsStoriesSongInterestingExceptionSongwritersHard Life Author:Justin Townes Earle
“I'll be the songwriter for pop stars and then they can be the front person and I don't have to be famous.” PersonsStarsFrontsPopsSongwritersPop Stars Author:Sia Furler
“Man, I live in Nashville. I know how good other songwriters and singers are around here. There's a wealth of talent in this town, not to mention the people who shoot in for a week or two to try their hand on lower Broad or the other venues around town.” PeopleKnowsMenTryingTwoHandsWealthKnow HowWeekTalentTownsSingersBroadsSongwritersNashvilleVenues Author:Jamey Johnson
“L.A.'s cool; I had a run with it to where it just pretty much wore me out. I love the weather and I have great friends there, great family, but I really cannot take a lot of the culture. Like Nashville, where everybody's a songwriter, everybody out there is an actor.” RunningCultureActorsWeatherSongwritersNashvilleGreat FriendGreat Family Author:Shooter Jennings
“I feel like fans who like old Southern rock and country, and more lyric-driven songs in general, have come to country radio. I think that's why you see country radio growing and albums selling: People are craving a little more of the singer-songwriter stuff going on in country.” PeopleThinkingFeelsLittlesCountrySongStuffGrowingFansRocksRadioAlbumsDrivenSingersSellingSouthernSongwritersCravingSinger Songwriters Author:Charles Kelley
“I never sit down to write. When I'm moved, I do it. I just wait for it to come. You just hear it. I can't really describe writing. It's in my head.” WritingI CanWaitingMovedSongwritingSongwritersWriting Songs Author:Lenny Kravitz