#songwriter

As a singer-songwriter, what I do is write about how the human feels. ↗

— Bjork

#feels #how #human #i #i do

Townes van Zandt is the best songwriter in the whole world and I'll stand on Bob Dylan's coffee table in my cowboy boots and say that. ↗

— Steve Earle

#bob #boots #coffee #coffee table #cowboy

And this whole period of time of gradually working at being a better guitar player and songwriter have gradually led me to the point where I feel I'm doing a clearer representation of the thing that I've been feeling inside me since I was four years old. ↗

— John Frusciante

#being #better #clearer #doing #feel

I've made music for grownups most of my life as a singer/songwriter - often with my band, Nine Stories - recorded many albums, and 10 years ago I started recording kid's music, too. ↗

— Lisa Loeb

#albums #band #grownups #i #kid

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

#free #give #good #i #incentive

Probably most successful songwriters have an innate songwriting ability. ↗

— Barry Mann

#innate #most #probably #songwriters #songwriting

There's so much fear involved in trying to do something you don't know how to do that drugs and alcohol can become a big part of your life if you have an addictive personality or are very unsure, which most songwriters are. ↗

— Barry Mann

#alcohol #become #big #fear #how

One other thing, if it's possible, as songwriters, you should also develop yourself as record producers. ↗

— Barry Mann

#develop #other #possible #producers #record

I know I'm not the best. I'm not the best singer, I'm not the best songwriter, I'm not the best player. ↗

— Kid Rock

#i #know #player #singer #songwriter

I'm a songwriter first. ↗

— Carole King

#i #songwriter