Best Songwriters Quotes to Inspire, Uplift & Motivate You Every Day

“Obviously we're pop songwriters.”

“I just see us as songwriters.”

“Some songwriters have never been in a band, but the One Direction guys can relate to me, as I've been through the same kind of experiences as they have.”

“Maybe, whatever influence we have, other songwriters or women or whatever can feel like they can have a place too, I guess. Or that they don't have to do things the way that we've been taught we have to do them.”

“I know I can cut it with any songwriters in the world.”

“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 the past, being young, I might have been standoffish to working with other songwriters.”

“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.'”

“All songwriters are known as 'topliners' because the vocal goes on top of the track.”

“We pride ourselves on being great songwriters.”

“I've just always been around great songwriters. To me, they were the standard.”

“There are certain topics songwriters stay away from because it's hard to go there. I didn't sit down and go, 'I want to write something about my dad now.'”

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

“It's unfortunate we've never been just songwriters.”

“Most of the best songwriters that ever lived couldn't read music.”

“I just love Dolly so much, and Loretta. They both are songwriters that knew what they wanted to say; they were bucking a system.”

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

“If you're somebody who writes songs or writes fiction, a writer that people pay for your opinion in any way, you shouldn't be the least bit uncomfortable giving it to them. People want songwriters to tell them how they think and how they feel. That's what a song is. That's what I want to hear in a song.”

“No matter what, Daron is one of the best songwriters I've ever seen in my life.”

“I've learned as much about writing from songwriters as I have from other writers.”

“Songwriters tell the truth.”

“I can only say thank you and thanks also to all of the great songwriters who wrote those wonderful songs that became number ones.”

“I love music and songwriters from the '60s and '70s.”

“I hate it when songwriters go on and on with the same idea.”

“I would love to play with Rufus Wainwright. He's one of my favorite songwriters.”