#songwriter

I'm really happy that I got to work with such fresh talent. In a day when record companies are not particularly good at encouraging young, talented songwriters to come forward and get exposure, I think it's important to give tomorrow's songwriters the opportunity. ↗

— Robin Gibb

#companies #day #encouraging #exposure #forward

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. ↗

— Robin Gibb

#bee #bee gees #been #black #black music

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

— Ben Gibbard

#i #life #my life #myself #necessarily

You get a letter from her agency embracing you into the family that says, 'It is our goal now to help you achieve your dream of being a songwriter, in John's memory.' ↗

— Arthur Godfrey

#agency #being #dream #embracing #family

A lot of the great songwriters in history have been collaborators, with a separate lyricist. ↗

— Mike Gordon

#collaborators #great #history #lot #lyricist

I've had offers to sign a record deal, but the people I've talked to have wanted to package me and have me meet with songwriters who've written stuff for Whitney Houston, that sort of thing. That's not at all my style. ↗

— Lukas Haas

#had #houston #i #me #meet

I think I'm a songwriter. I grab an instrument to make my body a song, but I'm not a player as such, maybe a little more on guitar, but certainly not piano. ↗

— P. J. Harvey

#certainly #grab #guitar #i #i think

I'm probably much more influenced by film-makers and painters than I am by other songwriters or poets. ↗

— P. J. Harvey

#film-makers #i #i am #influenced #more

It's much easier to work on other people's music and play in other people's bands as a guitar player instead of being the main songwriter and singer. That's a really big job to do that. ↗

— James Iha

#being #big #easier #guitar #guitar player

In many ways, Viv and I were the only ones who were really songwriters. ↗

— Neil Innes

#many #ones #only #really #songwriters