#songwriter

My theory is this; I'm not a political songwriter. I'm an honest songwriter. ↗

— Billy Bragg

#i #political #songwriter #theory

There are quite a few honest songwriters out there writing about relationships and their own personality traits. But for some reason, once they step out of the bedroom, their honesty doesn't seem to come with them. ↗

— Billy Bragg

#bedroom #come #few #honest #honesty

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

— Vivian Campbell

#great #guitar #hero #important #joe

First and foremost, I consider myself a songwriter. ↗

— Kenny Chesney

#first #foremost #i #myself #songwriter

I think one thing you could probably say for all my albums is that they're all pretty eclectic pop. There's always a little bit of urban influence, some dance, a little bit of country, singer-songwriter, pop-rock. I like everything! On every album you can find that. ↗

— Kelly Clarkson

#albums #always #bit #could #country

There aren't more lady songwriters for the same reason that there aren't more lady doctors or lady accountants or lady lawyers; not enough women have the time for careers. ↗

— Dorothy Fields

#careers #doctors #enough #lady #lawyers

Why I write music? Because it hurts not to. ↗

— Charlotte Eriksson

#create #inspiration #motivation #music #musician

My brother is an excellent songwriter, and I play guitar and drums. ↗

— Jeremy London

#drums #excellent #guitar #i #play

Now, as I understand it, the bards were feared. They were respected, but more than that they were feared. If you were just some magician, if you'd pissed off some witch, then what's she gonna do, she's gonna put a curse on you, and what's gonna happen? Your hens are gonna lay funny, your milk's gonna go sour, maybe one of your kids is gonna get a hare-lip or something like that — no big deal. You piss off a bard, and forget about putting a curse on you, he might put a satire on you. And if he was a skilful bard, he puts a satire on you, it destroys you in the eyes of your community, it shows you up as ridiculous, lame, pathetic, worthless, in the eyes of your community, in the eyes of your family, in the eyes of your children, in the eyes of yourself, and if it's a particularly good bard, and he's written a particularly good satire, then three hundred years after you're dead, people are still gonna be laughing, at what a twat you were. ↗

— Alan Moore

#artists-way #bard #irony #modernity-is-a-sickness #musicians

I don't want to live in an ivory tower, being the songwriter who just turns inward. ↗

— Billie Joe Armstrong

#i #inward #ivory #just #live