#songwriter

No matter how long what I'm doing here lasts, I want to be a songwriter for the rest of my life. I love it and it's my escape. ↗

— Miley Cyrus

#escape #here #how #i #i love

I love to rock 'n roll. But my finest suit, of all the things I do, is as a songwriter. ↗

— Dan Fogelberg

#i #i do #i love #love #rock

For a songwriter, you don't really go to songwriting school; you learn by listening to tunes. And you try to understand them and take them apart and see what they're made of, and wonder if you can make one, too. ↗

— Tom Waits

#go #learn #listening #made #make

As a songwriter, I was influenced by David Bowie - a great writer. A class above everybody in so many ways. Lennon and McCartney, of course. Class stuff. David Cousins was my favorite lyricist. ↗

— Rick Wakeman

#bowie #class #course #cousins #david

It was kind of like songwriter's boot camp. You had to produce. You had to produce fast. You had to learn. ↗

— Cynthia Weil

#boot camp #camp #fast #had #kind

We teach young kids from 8 to 14 or 15 about their musical heritage through great songs written by American songwriters. We don't do too many modern composers, although we include songs from Billy Joel and other writers like him. ↗

— Margaret Whiting

#although #american #billy #billy joel #composers

I find writing songs hard, because it does not come naturally to me. I never set out to be a songwriter or a singer. ↗

— Robert Wyatt

#come #does #find #hard #i

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