Songwriter Quotes

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

Being a good songwriter means paying attention and sticking your hand out the window to catch the song on the way to someone else's house!

I think people appreciate a songwriter who shows different sides. The whole angst thing is cool, but if that's all you've got, it's just boring. Everything I write, whether it's happy or sad, has a sense of humor to it.

I built a reputation as a songwriter in the industry before my own hits. People were used to coming to me for songs. There were songs like 'Clown' and 'Mountains' that were my songs that I wanted to keep. But the record labels saw me as a songwriter. It was hard to get people to believe in me as an artist.

The Bee Gees were always heavily influenced by black music. As a songwriter, it's never been difficult to pick up on the changing styles of music out there, and soul has always been my favourite genre.

I'm not a natural songwriter.

He asked if I was a songwriter, and I said yeah, that I was in town because I'd won this contest. He said, okay, then he was gonna play me his hit, and started singing 'When it's time to relax, one beer stands clear... '

As a songwriter I hate this whole, 'If it's a sad song, it has to sound like a sad song thing.' And that goes all the way back to my days with the Format. I'm an insane narcissist, so if I have to get something off my chest, I'll get something off my chest.

To have a songwriter that wrote so specifically what I felt to be true... I've never been much of an actor either. If something is real for me, then I can do it.

I may not be the most famous songwriter in the world, but you know a David Friedman song when you hear it. It took me a long time to appreciate that.

I know I'm not the best. I'm not the best singer, I'm not the best songwriter, I'm not the best player.

When you're a songwriter and you click with someone, you tend to want to keep writing with that person.

I was a different person before I started to write. When I realized I could be a songwriter and that people would listen - that was when I started feeling good in my life.

Whenever I fill out the job description I put 'songwriter,' never 'singer' or 'artist.' Singers come and go.

I honestly don't class myself as a songwriter. I've got 'musician' written on my passport. That's even funnier.

The songwriter mustn't fall in love with his own song. If it doesn't belong, he can't push it into a show. Let him save it; maybe it'll fit in another show.

I love writing songs. I'm a songwriter.

I don't want to live in an ivory tower, being the songwriter who just turns inward.

And this whole period of time of gradually working at being a better guitar player and songwriter have gradually led me to the point where I feel I'm doing a clearer representation of the thing that I've been feeling inside me since I was four years old.

A songwriter should have friends who are similarly interested; should move about in the milieu of work he has chosen for himself.

I wanted to be a rock star when I grew up, or at least a singer/songwriter.

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