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I want to be a producer and not a songwriter. Linda Perry

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I quite like American music, like The Fray - I'm a massive fan of them - and The Killers. I also like more acoustic stuff like Ed Sheeran; I like this English songwriter James Morrison and another singer called Ben Howard. Louis Tomlinson

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I've learned and grown as a songwriter. Luis Fonsi

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As a songwriter, I go into the studio, and I just try to write a great song. Luis Fonsi

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As a producer, as a songwriter, I've spent a lot of time either in my bedroom or in studios, alone. Maggie Rogers

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As a songwriter, I feel like, just for inspiration and research purposes, I have to listen to everything. Maren Morris

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A lot of new artists sign their deal and then go into a development stage for a year or two or sometimes never get out of it. For me, because I had been a working songwriter in town, I had a collection of songs that I was ready to make into an album. At the time, I didn't realize it was becoming an album, but it was. Maren Morris

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As a songwriter, I listen to everything to be inspired... from Rihanna to Bruno Mars to Springsteen to Johnny Cash. Maren Morris

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My aunts and uncles were like, 'You've got such a great voice - why don't you try out for 'American Idol?'' I'd say, 'Because I'm a songwriter, not a puppet.' Even if I won and became really successful off a show like that, I'd be miserable. Mark Foster

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As part of Depeche Mode, I don't think it's right for me to be using my own songs for a solo project. I'm not a very prolific songwriter, so I keep those for Depeche Mode. Martin Gore

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The first year I moved to Nashville, I started playing these songwriter nights with people like Nickel Creek, Duncan Sheik, and even Ryan Adams... That was the first place I really started playing music, and I had to really step up my game. Really quick. Or get kicked off the stage. Mat Kearney

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

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When I got signed as a songwriter, I immediately thought, 'Oh, no one sees me as an artist because I don't look good enough.' So I shut down the whole idea. Meghan Trainor

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A lot of people think I came out of nowhere. When you start as a songwriter, nobody knows who you are. I met the guy who wrote 'Yeah' by Usher, which was a huge smash, and nobody knew who he was. Meghan Trainor

Since my father is a musician as well, he taught me growing up that if you can play jazz, you can learn all instruments and write on them. He wanted me to be a songwriter that can do anything in any genre. I'm all about doing every genre. Meghan Trainor

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No, my son's a songwriter and he does that. Mel Tillis

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Melanie Fiona is a singer, a songwriter, she's a super-girl. I can be silly, goofy, really chilled. She's like your cool chill girlfriend, sister-friend. I'm just like everybody else. Melanie Fiona

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

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When I first started writing songs, I was probably about ten or twelve years old, and the first thing you think as a songwriter is, 'Can this be a hit? Can this come out, and people are going to hear the song and like the song, and then they're going to like you, and you'll get famous and rich?' That hasn't changed a bit. Michael Bacon

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I'm a songwriter. I need silence to hear the melodies, so I don't fill the days with a lot of sound. Mike Love

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Richie Kotzen is such an unbelievable talent as a vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter. Mike Portnoy

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