A Quote by J. J. Cale

I was mainly a songwriter; I really wasn't much of a performer.

J. J. Cale

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Mainly Much Performer Really Songwriter

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J. J. Cale
American - Musician
December 5, 1938 - July 26, 2013

I wanted to be a songwriter.I didn't so much want to be a performer.I more grew into that just from being a songwriter.

Rosanne Cash

I don't think any songwriter who comes up through playing clubs can really claim to have independently developed their art. All along the way so much information is coming, the writer inside the performer unconsciously reacts to all of that. By the time they get to be thirty, the writer is gone.

David Berman

When I started out in this business, I was a performer before I was a songwriter, I was a performer before I was recording. Performing is the roots. That's where it all came from. You didn't start out doing it because you wanted to make an album.

Van Morrison

I'm not a great guitarist, but I do bits and bobs. I'm mainly a songwriter and a composer. I've done a lot of scoring and some stuff for British pop music that did pretty well, but I've mainly been working on my own stuff with Duncan Sheik.

Matthew James Thomas

I think of myself as someone who's trying to be a great songwriter and a great performer. And I mean really great.

Ezra Furman

I've grown in a lot of ways - as a musician, as performer, as a songwriter.

Lights

I never thought of myself as a performer or songwriter or singer.

Sam Hunt

I didn't want to admit that I was a performer. A performer meant spotlights - a performer had connotations of theater. I would have preferred agent to performer.

Vito Acconci

You always have to work to become a better singer, songwriter and performer.

Luke Bryan

I mainly like to do singer/songwriter kind of stuff.

Hayley Orrantia

For me, as a performer or a songwriter, Stevie Nicks is always a huge inspiration as well as Iggy Pop.

Justin Tranter

For me, the most challenging thing was developing myself as a songwriter and as a performer and as the leader of a band. And I just did it.

Juliette Lewis

I wasn't really writing anything that I felt was worth it at the end, but then certain things sparked me as a solo writer - to be able to try new things and experiment, and ultimately challenge myself as a performer and as a songwriter and just to commit to ideas, and not be afraid to be myself.

William Beckett

Meeting my wife changed everything; it really, in the long run, made me a much better artist, a much better songwriter, a much better maker of albums.

Dierks Bentley

Bowie is probably my favorite all-around songwriter and performer and personality. His ability to change over the years is such an inspiration. I love 'Young Americans' and 'Fame.'

Scott Weiland

It's great to watch someone get the most out of what they can do, whether they're a beautiful performer or just a really gritty performer. It's something to behold.

John Turturro

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