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A lot of the great songwriters in history have been collaborators, with a separate lyricist.
There's a lot for screenwriters to steal from songwriters, in terms of getting to the point.
There’s a lot for screenwriters to steal from songwriters, in terms of getting to the point.
And I can say this, most of the people who have recorded my songs are songwriters themselves.
I think a lot of songwriters would agree that it's often easier to find inspiration in misery.
I do remember actually learning chords to Beatles songs. I thought they were great songwriters.
I feel there must be an enormous amount of really talented songwriters out there who can't sing.
Before the Beatles, songwriters were very anonymous people and nobody paid any attention to them.
I see myself continuing to be a songwriter and a motivator and someone that has grown in her faith.
Good songwriters write about what consumes their heart, and ours is about our relationship with God.
As songwriters, we are lucky to have ASCAP on our side, offering support and fighting for our rights.
Some people are songwriters, and some people are just recording artists. I'm both. I write and record.
I'm probably much more influenced by film-makers and painters than I am by other songwriters or poets.
There are phrases that are totally cliche that we, as songwriters, owe it to ourselves to not use again.
One other thing, if it's possible, as songwriters, you should also develop yourself as record producers.
I love Gino Vannelli! I love every one of his albums. He's one of my favourite songwriters - straight up.
Travis Barker is one of the greatest drummers ever, and all the guys in blink are really good songwriters.
I've always loved songwriting, and I vowed to be a songwriter like Cole Porter when I was only 9 years old.
I'm basically a songwriter, man. Songwriters are down in the fine print, you know? And I really enjoy that.
It really wasn't until I realized that country music had a whole underworld of songwriters that I dug into it.
People often talk about me as a singer, but they don't often talk about you when you're a woman as a songwriter.
My family had this dream where we would meet producers and songwriters, and it was not what we thought it would be.
There are so many songwriters that people don't know about. There's so many producers that people don't know about.
Lennon and McCartney became great songwriters because they were prepared to listen to and learn from all types of music.
As would-be songwriters, our interest was in black music and black music only. We wanted to write songs for black voices.
I can speak for most songwriters - those breakup love songs are so easy to write, as far as the inspiration and all that.
I think that's the great thing for us - we're a band full of songwriters, and we're capable of writing all kinds of songs.
Why can't we actually sing and get respected as good singers and songwriters without having our boobs and butt hanging out?
I will say one thing: Mick Mars is one of the greatest songwriters I've ever met in my life and had the pleasure to work with.
As songwriters, we can go in and write for other artists in a time where you aren't necessarily feeling inspired for yourself.
As far as songwriters, I've always been a fan of Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, and George Gershwin; those guys mean a lot to me.
I just love Dolly so much, and Loretta. They both are songwriters that knew what they wanted to say; they were bucking a system.
All we do as songwriters is rewrite the songs that have impressed us till we find our own voice. It's part of learning the craft.
There's just a certain amount of grandeur and total squalor we exist in as songwriters because it's a crazy job for crazy people.
I can only say thank you and thanks also to all of the great songwriters who wrote those wonderful songs that became number ones.
The '80s was an interesting, confining time for songwriters, so we were just sort of riffing in our own language, off to the side.
In reality - and we've always said this - yes, we are girls, women, but, first and foremost, we're musicians and we're songwriters.
One of my favorite songs is 'Ghost' by Indigo Girls. Emily Saliers wrote that, and she is one of the most talented songwriters ever.
Growing up, I'd never heard of any female producers or songwriters. I didn't know you could be a girl and produce, which is terrible.
Songwriters aren't always performers, and even performing songwriters aren't always the kind of show-biz performers you think they'd be.
Songwriters, we're always looking for new concepts, fresh concepts, and there are only so many ways you can talk about partying, really.
Most of my friends in Nashville - almost all of them - seem to have had hits in the '70s, either as artists or songwriters or producers.
A lot of time, if you spend too much time in Nashville, songwriters get caught up in charts and numbers and the music business politics.
Sinatra was pretty astute - he used the best songwriters around, he used all the resources, he covered every song from the era basically.
I think probably songwriters are gonna be the toughest critics... I think of it as a community. And we all sort of feed off of each other.
Townes Van Zandt ranks alongside Kris Kristofferson and Bob Dylan. He inspired so many songwriters to shoot for something that's timeless.
Breaking Benjamin, talk about songwriting, I mean, some of the greatest songwriters of the modern era. And, obviously, it's a little heavier.
I've often said to young songwriters when they want to write with me, 'Let's take a stab at ten songs, and we might get one really good one.'
Songwriters often seek the company of fellow songwriters to help finish what they've started, and these days, many do it at songwriting camps.
I don't get along with many people, especially in studios. I'm quite blunt and I know what I want - and songwriters are very sensitive people.