Top 1200 Singer-Songwriter Quotes & Sayings - Page 9

I'm a commercial-minded songwriter. I'm here to make a living and be on the radio.

A timeless pop song is the hardest thing to do as a songwriter.

I was a songwriter; that was the torch I carried. This is an honorable profession. This is what I do.

I appreciate a songwriter like Morrissey with so much restraint.

It's every songwriter's dream to come up with a standard.

I hated the thought of being just a songwriter.

My brother is an excellent songwriter, and I play guitar and drums.

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

I'm a songwriter who's put my childhood memories and teenage angst into songs.

If God's got a favorite songwriter, I think it's John Prine.

I usually hung out with my songwriter friends at their places or mine.

No. 1, I'm a songwriter, and I don't really get out and tour.

Potter is piqued with potter, joiner with joiner, beggar begrudges beggar, and singer singer.

I'm a professional songwriter - personal attitudes have nothing to do with writing a song.

Im a songwriter and Id love to make that a part of my career.

I want to be the number one songwriter-producer guy of all time.

It's not misogynistic to criticize a legendary female pop singer; it's misogynistic to think a legendary female pop singer can't handle it.

I love to rock 'n roll. But my finest suit, of all the things I do, is as a songwriter.

'In Case You Didn't Know' was written in Mexico, actually, on a songwriter's retreat.

I say, as a singer grows older, his conception grows a little deeper, because he lives life and he understands what he is trying to say a little more. And I think this gives. If a singer tries to find out what's happening in life, it gives him a better insight on telling the story of the song he is trying to sing.

I was the Specials' founder, main songwriter and keyboard player.

I was inspired to make music since I was 7 because my aunt is a songwriter.

I'm a songwriter; it's in my nature to express things openly.

I really want people to know I'm a songwriter.

To a musician or songwriter, your canvas is silence.

As a songwriter, it can be a kiss of death for you to fall in love.

As a songwriter, I'm not necessarily writing about myself or my life.

I always wanted to be known as a songwriter and not just a songbird.

As a songwriter, it's good to have criticism, and I like objective opinions.

I'll be the songwriter for pop stars and then they can be the front person and I don't have to be famous.

You probably shouldn't date a songwriter if you don't want to end up on the record.

My father was a cocky, long-haired musician, a songwriter.

I feel like, O.K., if I can make it as a singer, then let me try rapping. If I can make it as a rapper, then let me try writing. All right? If I make it as a rap singer and writer, then why not try to produce? I don't feel limited in any way.

I'm a songwriter, an artist, and a musician. I do not have to try to be that; I just am.

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

I think the biggest thing, for me, was just to be recognized as a songwriter.

Ann Wilson has an amazing voice and is a brilliant songwriter.

As a songwriter, simplicity - what not to do, what not to play - can be the hardest thing to achieve.

I like Chris Martin. I think he's a really great songwriter.

I think if you're a good songwriter, that's what you are first - not a star or celebrity.

When you ask a songwriter, "What's your favorite song?" he goes, "The next one."

I am a songwriter. I do get to put my personal experiences in song.

For me as a songwriter, I love when other people cover my songs.

What I do as a songwriter is a constant force in my life, that I'm grateful to have.

I always wanted to be a songwriter, and it took a while.

I'm a songwriter, and I'm more than just a screamer.

I'd like to eventually be known as someone who emerged as a songwriter.

"Country" has become a marketing term. I see myself as a songwriter.

Taylor Swift is just dope. She is an ill songwriter.

I don't think I'm the world's greatest producer or songwriter or anything.

What made me a comedian was that I wasn't really a songwriter, I was more of a poet.

I like working with other people but I'm not a songwriter, I'm a producer.

I've always accepted some kind of deity, especially as a songwriter.

I'm English, and I started off as a songwriter, so I can't really escape that - it's there.

I'm a songwriter who just wants to bring people great songs.

My job as a songwriter is to write good songs.

As I've matured as a songwriter, I realize that if it's out there, it's mine.

The way I look at it, I'm a songwriter that just happens to play guitar.

I think to be a good songwriter, you have to be able to play an instrument.

I wanted to honor [George Gershwin]. He's a great American songwriter.