#songwriters

A lot of the great songwriters in history have been collaborators, with a separate lyricist. ↗

— Mike Gordon

#collaborators #great #history #lot #lyricist

In many ways, Viv and I were the only ones who were really songwriters. ↗

— Neil Innes

#many #ones #only #really #songwriters

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

— Paul Thomas Anderson

#lot #point #songwriters #steal #terms

Probably most successful songwriters have an innate songwriting ability. ↗

— Barry Mann

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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 great songwriters. Fred Neil would come up when he was in L.A., we all used to hang out. He would sit there and sing, and we would just melt. I mean, we would go to his recording sessions. ↗

— Barry McGuire

#fred #go #great #hang #his

Traditionally, songwriters can't sing. And that holds true in my case, also. ↗

— John Phillips

#case #holds #sing #songwriters #traditionally

Alan's publishing company was in the Brill Building, and of course, the Brill Building was where all the songwriters hung out because that's where all the publishers were. ↗

— Johnny Rivers

#because #building #company #course #hung

The focus is on singer/songwriters now rather than huge shows. I mean, of course there's always a place for that too. ↗

— Emeli Sande

#course #focus #huge #i #mean