94 Songwriters Quotes for You to Enjoy

I've often said to young songwriters when they want to write with me, 'Let's take a stab at ten songs, and we might get one really good one.' Rodney Crowell

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I feel there must be an enormous amount of really talented songwriters out there who can't sing. Roger Daltrey

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Most of our artists are songwriters, so the songs are still central to all this. If you don't have great songs, it doesn't matter the marketing or how many times you are on TV; you can only polish it so much. Scott Borchetta

And I can say this, most of the people who have recorded my songs are songwriters themselves. Smokey Robinson

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I would love to play with Rufus Wainwright. He's one of my favorite songwriters. Sydney Wayser

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Breaking Benjamin, they're such incredible songwriters. Synyster Gates

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My uncle Lionel ended up being a bug guy at 20th Century Fox, which my father had been - and, of course, my cousin Randy - you know, one of the great American songwriters. It was a storied family and, in many ways, very tough to emerge from. Thomas Newman

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Then on to all the terrific american songwriters, from Tin Pan Alley to the Beatles, from Bob Dylan to Paul Simon. Whoever wrote and sang in the song form I have appreciated. Tom Chapin

As songwriters and artists we get a lot of attention and gratification when we write about the moments that have hurt us, and in turn, sometimes we'll seek out more hurt so we can write more things that people like. Victoria Monet

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I think people who are artists, actors, singers, great songwriters, they tend to have a hyper state of emotion where they feel things very, very deeply, probably more deeply than the average person walking down the street where it may affect them, but not to the same extent. Willie Aames

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My grandma was a church organist for 40 years, and she got me into jazz music and great songwriters, Harold Arlen, George Gershwin, all those folks. I can't do it, but I have a profound respect for it. Zach Anner

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I've learned as much about writing from songwriters as I have from other writers. Greg Iles

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