#songwriter

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

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I always wanted to be known as a songwriter and not just a songbird. ↗

— Carly Rae Jepsen

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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

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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

Writing for somebody else is really fun 'cause I consider myself a songwriter first and foremost. ↗

— Kesha

#consider #else #first #foremost #fun

The focus is on singer/songwriters now rather than huge shows. I mean, of course there's always a place for that too. ↗

— Emeli Sande

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

— Billy Sherwood

#keep #person #someone #songwriter #tend

I really want to be just a singer-songwriter. That's who I am. ↗

— Jessica Simpson

#i #i am #just #really #singer-songwriter

Nobody in my family was musical. I had no idea you could be a songwriter and make a living at it. It was all discovery. It was all just thrown at me. ↗

— Valerie Simpson

#discovery #family #had #i #idea

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

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