Songwriter Quotes
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Of all the early breakthrough rock and roll artists, none is more important to the development of the music than Chuck Berry. He is its greatest songwriter, the main shaper of its instrumental voice, one of its greatest guitarists, and one of its greatest performers.
Cub Koda
Brownsville Station
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Sometimes I'm very disappointed at some of the people in our family of communicators, whether it be a songwriter or a rapper that's always talking about negativity or a singer or a columnist or a network that basically gets off on just trying to create the negative.
Stevie Wonder
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Martin's the songwriter, Alan's the good musician, Dave's the vocalist... and I bum around.
Andy Fletcher
Depeche Mode
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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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When you're a songwriter, people wonder about your personal life and the meanings behind the songs, and that can feel pretty invasive, so you become protective about your inner world.
Will Sheff
Okkervil River
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I don't analyze songs because I think it will make me a better songwriter, I just do it out of sheer curiosity.
Finneas
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I mean, just like every other prominent songwriter or producer, you have the shot. You send in records and if they make it, they make it. If they get heard, they get heard. I'm not sure if you know how that circle of songwriting and producing works, but every time a big artist is working, everybody and their mother is in the studio writing records to try to get on it.
Bryce Wilson
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I'm a songwriter-I'm obligated to keep pushing myself.
Billie Joe Armstrong
Green Day
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I wanted to grow as a songwriter and talk about more things … about where we are in the world today, the tension, how divided we are as a country. It kind of felt like I was dumping a bunch of subject matter together and I made it in New Orleans so it sounded like Gumbo to me.
PJ Morton
Maroon 5
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I'm a giutar player. Actually, I think of myself as a songwriter/rhythm-guitar player.
Rick Nielsen
Cheap Trick
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The thing is, I'm not a prolific songwriter.
Micky Dolenz
The Monkees
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I'm more than a songwriter. I'm a creative person. Some people you just always see. I won't allow you to see me unless it makes sense. There's a reason to see me.
Esther Renay Dean