Songwriters Quotes - Page 19

• I definitely consider myself a songwriter first because that's my best attribute.

  Chad Kroeger

  Firsts, Attributes, Chad

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• I've always felt, even as a songwriter, that the rhythm of speech is in itself a language for me.

  Cyndi Lauper

  Speech, Language, Rhythm

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• I always saw myself as a singer-songwriter, a solo-artist, that's why working with other artists was never satisfying for me.

  John Legend

  Artist, Singers, Working With Others

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• I feel I want to grow as an actress and be better. I want to progress as a singer and songwriter, and produce movies and everything. So there'll be no time when I feel I've done it all.

  Jennifer Lopez

  Progress, Done, Want

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• When people who are songwriters say 'That's my property and if you give it away for free then I'll lose my incentive,' then, well, good riddance.

  Ian MacKaye

  People, Giving, Good Riddance

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• I find so many songwriters today are missing an element ... either the production is amazing but the songs aren't, or it's the other way around.

  Rufus Wainwright

  Song, Missing, Elements

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

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• I love Darius Rucker. He's a true artist, a great songwriter who can play his instrument, sing and write about his life.

  Randy Houser

  Writing, Artist, Play

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• My main goal as a songwriter is to make something that inspires people. To write things about my life that people can relate to. Whether it's a whole record or just one song for someone, I hope it can do that for them. Knowing that I have the ability to do that is inspiring to me.

  Kate Voegele

  Song, Writing, Knowing

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• It is setting goals and trying to be a business person, but at the same time not losing sight of who you are writing songs for and what your goals are as a songwriter. So believe me, if you think I've got it down I don't it is a constant struggle.

  Christine Lavin

  Song, Believe, Struggle

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• Before the Beatles, songwriters were very anonymous people and nobody paid any attention to them.

  Bjorn Ulvaeus

  People, Attention, Paid

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

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• Bob Dylan is quite a songwriter, and a great singer and musician. I won't bother with comparing myself to him, but I will say that I heard his records at a very young age and I still listen to all his records.

  Black Francis

  Age, Musician, Records

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• I've had offers to sign a record deal, but the people I've talked to have wanted to package me and have me meet with songwriters who've written stuff for Whitney Houston, that sort of thing. That's not at all my style.

  Lukas Haas

  People, Style, Records

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• This is a turf battle. They are saying, 'The songwriters aren't getting paid.' Baloney. Songwriters are getting paid. They're paid sync rights and (mechanical) rights. They aren't getting paid for the public performance in a download because there is no public performance in a download.

  Jonathan Potter

  Rights, Battle, Sync

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• Authors can write stories without people assuming that they are autobiographies, but songwriters and poets are often considered to be the characters in their works. I like Michelangelo's vision, 'I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.

  Criss Jami

  Character, Angel, Writing

  Criss Jami (2011). “Salomé: In Every Inch in Every Mile”, p.158, Criss Jami

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• Because there are hundreds of different ways to say one thing, I, being a writer, songwriter, and poet, speak childishly and incoherently. In speech there is so much to decide in so little time.

  Criss Jami

  Different, Speech, Littles

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.95, Criss Jami

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• Randy Newman and I grew up together in Los Angeles. We are both products of the film studio era. Randy is one of the great songwriters of our time and one of the fun people to be with.

  Leonard Slatkin

  Fun, People, Together

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• I wanted to be a rock star when I grew up, or at least a singer/songwriter.

  Katey Sagal

  Stars, Rocks, Singers

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• A lot of artists use memories. A lot of prose writers, a lot of poets, a lot of songwriters, refer back to something. Generally it's all you've got, unless you're brilliant and can write totally in the now.

  Paul McCartney

  Memories, Writing, Artist

  "Sir Paul McCartney". Interview with Chris Dahlen, pitchfork.com. May 21, 2007.

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• I don't take off as many days as most other producers and songwriters, so I'm working every single day, and I do songs every day. So it's just about finding time, scheduling, getting in and cutting the records. I make it happen and that's the name of the game. It's no excuses - you gotta figure it out.

  Rico Love

  Song, Cutting, Excuse You

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• That's really what was wonderful for me growing up, since I got to know so many of the songwriters who liked me and thought I had talent. They would then tell me how to read a lyric and sing a song, and challenge me to try and find a different end to a song.

  Margaret Whiting

  Song, Growing Up, Challenges

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• ... coming to a place like Nashville, which is just music music music, it's always been such an influence on me. And there are so many interesting songwriters out there, and it's such a crazy business and so many people are trying to do it, and it's all right there in Nashville.

  Sandra Bernhard

  Crazy, Nashville, People

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• It's basically a city of songwriters and that's what gives it it's strength, that's what gives it its lasting ability. You've got people making all different kinds of music and that's what attracts me to Nashville as Music City.

  Emmylou Harris

  Nashville, Cities, People

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• I'm a songwriter; that's where it starts. I love writing with someone that shares that same feeling of accomplishment. I'll play music for my fans as long as they'll listen, but I fancy myself as a writer first.

  Randy Houser

  Writing, Play, Long

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• SPEAK OF TROUBLE highlights the abilities of Lowell Sostomi as singer/songwriter and brings together a talented band of musicians with amazing dexterity, loads of energy, and very original arrangements. Im impressed.

  Gordon Lightfoot

  Together, Musician, Energy

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• In Utero is a testament to the artistic vision of Kurt Cobain. It's kind of a weird record, and it's strangely beautiful at the same time. And if you look at Kurt's paintings and his drawings - he even did a sculpture for me - it's a rising, tortured-spirit person. It's kind of weird. It's done well, but it's like what Dave was saying about having your own sound. Kurt was a great songwriter. He knew he had a good ear for a hook [and was] a great singer, great guitar player, and In Utero is a good representation of what he liked in art and how he expressed himself.

  Krist Novoselic

  Beautiful, Art, Player

  "Dave Grohl And Krist Novoselic Share Memories, Unreleased Tracks From 'In Utero'". "All Songs Considered" with Bob Boilen, Robin Hilton, www.npr.org. September 10, 2013.

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