Songwriters Quotes - Page 9

• I think the 60s and 70s were the peak period for the singer-songwriter, for sure.

  Andrew Gold

  Thinking, Singers, Periods

  "Andrew Gold obituary" by Adam Sweeting, www.theguardian.com. June 6, 2011.

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• Sometimes I'm very disappointed at some of the people in our family of communicators, whether it be a songwriter or a rapper that's always talking about negativity or a singer or a columnist or a network that basically gets off on just trying to create the negative.

  Stevie Wonder

  Rapper, Talking, People

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• With the Republicans controlling both houses of Congress, this is the Eisenhower-era revisited. It's ostrich time, where people are looking for comfort rather than challenge in their art. It's a lot easier to listen to Barry Manilow murder what are actually good songs from the '50s than to consider what [left-leaning songwriter] Steve Earle has to say.

  David Fricke

  Song, Art, Ostriches

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

  Dan Fogelberg

  Rocks, Rock N Roll, Suits

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• Then on to all the terrific american songwriters, from Tin Pan Alley to the Beatles, from Bob Dylan to Paul Simon. Whoever wrote and sang in the song form I have appreciated.

  Tom Chapin

  Song, Tin Pan Alley, Bob

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• I think songwriters are more related to fiction writers. The Odyssey was a story in song. To me, that's so beautiful, all those painted characters, all those travels and adventures.

  Regina Spektor

  Beautiful, Song, Adventure

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Nina Simone was a gifted and prolific singer, songwriter and pianist who became a powerful presence in the civil rights movement and paid a professional price for it. Behind the scenes, she struggled in a fractious, sometimes violent relationship with her husband and manager and with mental health issues that strained other relationships, including with her only daughter.

  Michel Martin

  Daughter, Powerful, Husband

  "Nina Simone's Daughter Says This Film Gets Her Mom's Story Straight". "All Things Considered" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. February 14, 2016.

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• Songwriters can sort of get away with murder. You can throw out crazy theories and not have to back it up with data or graphs or research.

  Andrew Bird

  Motivation, Crazy, Inspiration

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• I see myself continuing to be a songwriter and a motivator and someone that has grown in her faith.

  Ashthon Jones

  Continuing

  Interview with reporters during a media conference call, idol.blogs.pressdemocrat.com. March 11, 2011.

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• I am one of the biggest Laura Nyro fans. I still listen to that stuff incessantly. Laura Nyro does not belong in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Songwriter Hall of Fame? Absolutely.

  Paul Stanley

  Rocks, Rock And Roll, Fans

  "KISS’ Paul Stanley: ‘I Don’t Need The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame’". Interview with Mike Hogan, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 18, 2013.

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• Ohhhso hard to say, but George Harrison was pretty darn special. Such a great guybeautiful person and amazing songwriter/musician. A real honor for me to have played on his last tour

  Chuck Leavell

  Real, Honor, Special

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• Jonas' music is inspiring, energizing, and spiritually uplifting. A brilliant songwriter, he writes music that reaches deep into the soul and awakens the best and highest in all of us. And Jonas delivers his songs with a power, joy, and grace that last long after the last note is played. The world needs this music!

  Marci Shimoff

  Uplifting, Song, Writing

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• Of all the early breakthrough rock and roll artists, none is more important to the development of the music than Chuck Berry. He is its greatest songwriter, the main shaper of its instrumental voice, one of its greatest guitarists, and one of its greatest performers.

  Cub Koda

  Artist, Rocks, Rock And Roll

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• Ryan Alvanos is an offbeat, insanely inventive singer-songwriter who sneaks up on you with a sly wit and subtle power.

  Steve Morse

  Singers, Subtle, Offbeat

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• Nathan McEuen's light is shining bright. A fine singer, guitarist and an excellent songwriter. There is hope on the horizon.

  Chris Hillman

  Light, Shining, Horizon

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• I’m wearing out this new Coal Men record. I think it’s masterful start-to-finish. Dave Coleman is one of Americana music’s great songwriters, and I hope this record gets the attention it deserves.

  Todd Snider

  Men, Thinking, Attention

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• Audrey Auld is a great singer songwriter. She holds a unique place in contemporary Americana/Roots music. I believe that this uniqueness is largely due to the fact that she is Australian. This affords her a totally different attitude as an artist than traditional American contributors to this genre. Audrey is one of the most honest original artists I know.

  Fred Eaglesmith

  Attitude, Believe, Artist

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• There’s a lot for screenwriters to steal from songwriters, in terms of getting to the point.

  Paul Thomas Anderson

  Stealing, Term, Screenwriters

  "Mann Crazy". Interview with Chris Willman, ew.com. January 7, 2000.

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• I think if you're a good songwriter, that's what you are first - not a star or celebrity.

  Tom Cochrane

  Stars, Thinking, Firsts

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• People are going to say, ‘Well, it’s not very truthful.’ But a songwriter doesn’t care about what’s truthful. What he cares about is what should’ve happened, what could’ve happened. That’s its own kind of truth. It’s like people who read Shakespeare plays, but they never see a Shakespeare play. I think they just use his name.

  Bob Dylan

  Thinking, Names, Play

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• 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

  Thinking, Way, Kind

  Interview with Sam Adams, www.avclub.com. July 07, 2010.

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• All songwriters are links in a chain.

  Pete Seeger

  Links, Chains

  "American Icons: Pete Seeger". Interview with Paul Zollo, americansongwriter.com. January 28, 2014.

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• A lot of festivals can be a jumble of electronic music and rock and roll, and everything's all mixed up - some things are more performance art or light shows or dance parties, and then you'll have a singer-songwriter stuck in the middle to make the changeovers easier.

  Jenny O.

  Art, Rock And Roll, Light

  Source: www.esquire.com

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• Whenever a songwriter writes a big hit, then the next 20 songs they write - no matter how bad they are - get recorded.

  Ahmet Ertegun

  Song, Writing, Matter

  Source: www.slate.com

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• The songwriter mustn't fall in love with his own song. If it doesn't belong, he can't push it into a show. Let him save it; maybe it'll fit in another show.

  Dorothy Fields

  Song, Falling In Love, Fit

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