Songwriters Quotes - Page 22

• Songwriters write songs, but they really belong to the listener.

  Jimmy Buffett

  Song, Writing, Listeners

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• 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

  Soul, Black, Style

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I'm better at producing than I am at being a songwriter, but it doesn't change the fact that I still have a desire to play and write songs. I've never wanted to be a career musician. But I still love to play and write. It's a big part of who I am.

  John Congleton

  Song, Writing, Who I Am

  "John Congleton: Meet Indie Rock's Unsung Hero Of 2011". Interview with Mike Katzif, www.npr.org. December 23, 2011.

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• I am thrilled to be a member of the Kobalt family. I've never felt so taken care of on every level. As a songwriter, publisher and friend...there is no better home than Kobalt!

  Desmond Child

  Taken, Home, Levels

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• 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

  Mean, Focus, Singers

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• I always knew Gordon Lightfoot was a really great songwriter, but his stuff even sounds better and better all the time. It's just so really good to me. It's just like that's what should be in a dictionary, you know, next to a really good contempory folk song, is a Gordon Lightfoot song.

  John Prine

  Song, Sound, Stuff

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• A young songwriter shouldn't think he or she doesn't stand a chance because someone has big corporate people behind him. Never look at it like that.

  Ronald Isley

  Thinking, People, Looks

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• He made you feel like you knew him. I think that honestly, 2pac was the greatest songwriter that ever lived. He made it seem so easy. The emotion was there, and feeling, and everything he was trying to describe. You saw a picture that he was trying to paint.

  Eminem

  Thinking, Feelings, Trying

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• Being a creator of a song I get to take all these broken fragments of failure and chaos and weave together something beautiful and meaningful. Decay. Death. Pain. Fall. And if God is a songwriter then these fallen leaves of mine can be redeemed

  Jon Foreman

  Beautiful, Meaningful, Song

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• The immediacy of the technology of the web allows us, as songwriters, to write something very sharp and quick. That has a lot to do with helping a songwriter be more reflective of reality, instead of being in an area where you have to process things. It's the difference between processing fish and catching it in a boat.

  Chuck D

  Writing, Technology, Reality

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• Martin Swinger is one of those rare singer-songwriters who excels at everything: singing, songwriting, guitar-playing, and being so present with his humor, tenderness, and wild mind that his performances are also deep conversations, soul to soul and heart to heart, about the quirks, surprises, and love that brings us most alive. His songs, ranging from the little plastic parts that hold the world together, to what enlightenment comes from Buddha and Betty Boop falling in love, are whimsically and wisely original and enduring.

  Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

  Song, Falling In Love, Heart

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• I've never in my life bought a big piece of jewelry - like, 'I'm gonna get myself a big piece of jewelry!' Songwriters' lives are unstable and up and down. Even though mine has sort of has followed more of a going toward the sky trajectory.

  Kara DioGuardi

  Sky, Pieces, Jewelry

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• As you can imagine, over the years I have been asked many times to discuss and explain my song "American Pie." I have never discussed the lyrics, but have admitted to the Holly reference in the opening stanzas. You will find many interpretations of my lyrics but none of them by me. You will find many “interpretations” of my lyrics but none of them by me. Isn’t this fun? Sorry to leave you all on your own like this but long ago I realized that songwriters should make their statements and move on, maintaining a dignified silence.

  Don McLean

  Song, Sorry, Moving

  "What Is Don McLean’s Song 'American Pie' All About?". www.straightdope.com. May 15, 1993.

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• I think of myself as a producer who tries to bring the best out of everyone, whether that be an artist, songwriter or a publicist.

  L.A. Reid

  Artist, Thinking, Trying

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• I never considered myself a songwriter, but now since I've been working with Nick Lowe, I am contributing to an extent. But I'm the guitarist and he's not, so we compliment each other in a way.

  Dave Edmunds

  Guitar, Way, Compliment

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• Being a songwriter, singer, and a great part of a unit is more important than being Joe Guitar Hero.

  Vivian Campbell

  Hero, Guitar, Important

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• Chris Brown is a fantastic artist and songwriter and to be able to work with him was kind of unbelievable.

  Joe Jonas

  Artist, Able, Kind

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• But if you want to be a songwriter-based musician, whether you play punk or rock or country or jazz, whatever, you have to work on your songwriting and you have to work on being able to play in front of people, I think. That performance is how you create the groundwork for a lasting career.

  Amy Ray

  Country, Thinking, Rocks

  "Lung Of Love : A Conversation With Amy Ray". Interview with Mike Ragogna, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 24, 2012.

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• I think a lot of songwriters would agree that it's often easier to find inspiration in misery.

  Grant-Lee Phillips

  Inspiration, Thinking, Misery

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• I'm a songwriter, and people will tell you the greatest stories about their lives, whether you want to hear it or not.

  Lionel Richie

  People, Stories, Want

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Clown' was written when I couldn't find anyone who believed in me as an artist. Maybe those labels will think twice next time a young songwriter comes along.

  Emeli Sande

  Artist, Thinking, Labels

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• A lot of times when songwriters get together and write a song... somebody will come in with a hook and a lot of times they come out with something that sounds a little crafty.

  Alan Jackson

  Song, Writing, Together

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The female rock-'n'-roll-country-pop songwriter is back, and her name is Taylor Swift. And it's women like her who are going to save the music business.

  Stevie Nicks

  Country, Names, Rocks

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• I love music, so if I wasn't singing, I would probably still be working in the music industry. I love songwriting, so I'd probably be a songwriter.

  Trey Songz

  Singing, Music Love, I Love Music

  "Trey Songz Answers Fan Questions". Interview with Crystal Bell, www.seventeen.com. February 7, 2011.

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• I think with any songwriter the first 1,000 songs are always terrible.

  Graham Russell

  Song, Thinking, Firsts

  "Air Supply’s Graham Russell on Lost in Love , the Musical". Interview with Jeryl Brunner, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 22, 2012.

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