#songwriter

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. ↗

— Barry McGuire

#be true #been #either #felt #i

You know, there's still a lot of great songwriters out there who hand in songs. And there's a lot of brilliant singers and performers out there who sing other people's words. I enjoy doing both. ↗

— Jason Mraz

#brilliant #doing #enjoy #great #hand

Alan's publishing company was in the Brill Building, and of course, the Brill Building was where all the songwriters hung out because that's where all the publishers were. ↗

— Johnny Rivers

#because #building #company #course #hung

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. ↗

— Kid Rock

#i #know #player #singer #songwriter

I consider myself to be an inept pianist, a bad singer, and a merely competent songwriter. What I do, in my opinion, is by no means extraordinary. ↗

— Billy Joel

#competent #consider #extraordinary #i #i do

I don't have to compete in the charts. I can just be myself as a musician, a songwriter and play with the musicians that I really love. ↗

— Elton John

#compete #i #i can #just #just be

I don't think I'm a great songwriter, but I think I've learned a lot about it, and I don't think there's any one way to do it. I don't think I can control it at all. I can just kind of hope that it happens. ↗

— Norah Jones

#any #control #great #happens #hope

I think there are some songwriters who are just brilliant who can write and then I think there are some songwriters who can like me I have a problem writing chorus lyrics but I can write a song in a story like that. ↗

— Charles King

#chorus #i #i can #i think #just

Being a songwriter does not rely on an audience or other band members or a camera. I can just sit in a room and write songs. ↗

— Rick Springfield

#band #band members #being #camera #does

I'm a songwriter, principally, and I was real excited that people liked my songs, but you get a bit of an ego about it. ↗

— Rick Springfield

#bit #ego #excited #get #i