Quotes about Singer Songwriter

I studied piano and viola and voice in high school and music composition in college. For many years before I became an author I was a singer songwriter, writing for Disney and Sesame Street. I believe in perfect rhymes - no cheating! Votes: 3

In order to make a normal-sized record, a singer songwriter should have a couple dozen finished songs. Once they go through the process of production, the ones that scream out at you that they're finished are the ones that make the record. Votes: 3

I love female singer-songwriters! Votes: 2

It's bad to be labeled just another singer-songwriter. Votes: 2

I'm a folk singer-songwriter. I am pretty poppy though. Votes: 2

The way I work, I'm not a confessional singer-songwriter. Votes: 2

I'm a traditional singer-songwriter. I have a more organic sound. Votes: 2

I mainly like to do singer/songwriter kind of stuff. Votes: 2

Labrinth is a super talented singer, producer, songwriter from London. Votes: 2

It's my responsibility as a singer-songwriter to report the news. Votes: 2

I'm always looking for overlooked post-Dylan singer-songwriter records from the '70s. Votes: 2

I really want to be just a singer-songwriter. That's who I am. Votes: 2

I'm not just a singer-songwriter doing songs in the key of me. Votes: 2

You always have to work to become a better singer, songwriter and performer. Votes: 2

If anything, I want to be seen as a singer-songwriter rather than a pop artist. Votes: 2

I could have become a mime or a juggler, but I became a singer-songwriter instead. Votes: 2

I'm definitely a singer-songwriter. I'm somewhere in the vein between Elliott Smith and Jack Johnson. Votes: 2

I traveled the world as a DJ, as a singer, as a songwriter, as a producer. Votes: 2

I think the '60s and '70s were the peak period for the singer-songwriter, for sure. Votes: 2

Whenever I fill out the job description I put 'songwriter', never 'singer' or 'artist.' Singers come and go. Votes: 2

I think I'm different from a lot of singer-songwriters because some of my favorite singer-songwriters told stories. Like John Prine. Votes: 2

Very unique: I was a singer-songwriter-guitarist. Very unusual in the late Seventies to find a singer-songwriter, and on top of that, a guitarist. Votes: 2

I'm a closet singer-songwriter. That keeps my creative juices flowing. Votes: 0

Adam [Cohen] is a great singer-songwriter in his own right. Votes: 0

Denice Franke is a sensitive and compelling singer and songwriter. Votes: 0

As a singer-songwriter, what I do is write about how the human feels. Votes: 0

The worst thing for a singer/songwriter is to run out of songs. Votes: 0

Pieta Brown is a great singer/songwriter who possesses major star power magnetism. Votes: 0

I'm always shocked by that! I'm not the singer, I'm the songwriter who sings. Votes: 0

I think the 60s and 70s were the peak period for the singer-songwriter, for sure. Votes: 0

My writing voice is a little quirkier, more singer-songwriter-y than the Top 40 stuff I cover. Votes: 0

I love being a very personal singer-songwriter, but I also like being a scientist or explorer. Votes: 0

It's a whole package, singer/songwriter. I like writing but I like performing just as much. Votes: 0

I've made three studio albums and one live one with my brother. It's melodic singer-songwriter acoustic-rock music. Votes: 0

I wanted to be a rock star when I grew up, or at least a singer/songwriter. Votes: 0

I wanted to be a blues guitar player. And a singer. And a songwriter. Not a shock jock. Votes: 0

As much as I love being a singer-songwriter, I love throwing down on stage and letting it all out. Votes: 0

Being a songwriter, singer, and a great part of a unit is more important than being Joe Guitar Hero. Votes: 0

As a singer-songwriter, a solo artist with a guitar, I can only write so many weepie little bedroom songs. Votes: 0

I think being a singer-songwriter... your job is to tell a story that other people can't really tell themselves. Votes: 0

I always saw myself as a singer-songwriter, a solo-artist, that's why working with other artists was never satisfying for me. Votes: 0

Nathan McEuen's light is shining bright. A fine singer, guitarist and an excellent songwriter. There is hope on the horizon. Votes: 0

Christmas, my child, is love in action." ~ Dale Evans (1912-2001), American film actress, singer and songwriter. Wife of Roy Rogers. Votes: 0

Ryan Alvanos is an offbeat, insanely inventive singer-songwriter who sneaks up on you with a sly wit and subtle power. Votes: 0

The trip had become boring. It wasn't exciting anymore to totally be a singer/songwriter because it wasn't working for me. Votes: 0

I'm an around-the-way girl. I'm a singer, songwriter. I'm about positivity and spreading a good message and telling the people's story. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

I want you to remember something for me. My name is Robbie Williams. I'm a singer, a songwriter, and a born entertainer. Votes: 0

Yeah, I always listen to both classic and newer folk-influenced music. Singer-songwriter, alternative music. I also listen to more experimental dance music. Votes: 0

People often talk about me as a singer, but they don't often talk about you when you're a woman as a songwriter. Votes: 0

A young female essayist saying they're influenced by Joan Didion is like a young female singer-songwriter saying they're influenced by Joni Mitchell. Votes: 0

My brother sings. My brother is a singer-songwriter. His name is Parker Ainsworth. He changed his last name to his middle name. Votes: 0

I'm a singer-songwriter. So I play guitar, and I sing. Along the lines of, I guess you could call it, alternative rock. Votes: 0

Smokey Robinson is one of my heroes as a singer and songwriter; a major influence on my own music from the very start. Votes: 0

My first instrument is piano, I play some piano and guitar. So my solo music is more like real singer/songwriter type stuff. Votes: 0

I find writing songs hard, because it does not come naturally to me. I never set out to be a songwriter or a singer. Votes: 0

Texas people are really strong in their roots. I started writing and playing guitar at 17. I've always loved music, and my dad is a singer-songwriter. Votes: 0

For me, I'm more of a songwriter than a guitar player or singer. And not having things to work on was really kind of nice. Votes: 0

Adam Ezra writes with the heart of a troubadour and sings like a rock star. He is truely a fresh voice in singer/songwriter scene. Votes: 0

I am neither such a great songwriter or such a great singer that the world must hear my album. There's just no point to make. Votes: 0

I never was strutting through the hallways like, "Yeah, I'm a singer/songwriter." That's never a cool thing to do - to be the brooding guy. Votes: 0

Everybody wants to write a hit song, but in Nashville people want to write the best song, which was my original intention as a singer/songwriter. Votes: 0

You know you don't really need the band or the singer/songwriter in the same way, so you look at everything as part of your palette. Votes: 0

After the Beatles and Dylan, there's this assumption that you are a singer-songwriter, or that if someone else is writing your rhymes, you're a fake rapper. Votes: 0

I have always been a singer/songwriter, and I was pushed in places I didn't want to do, like pop or top forty. I don't belong there. Votes: 0

I consider myself to be an inept pianist, a bad singer, and a merely competent songwriter. What I do, in my opinion, is by no means extraordinary. Votes: 0

I've grown a lot as a singer and a songwriter, but also as a person. I communicate better with my band, and our relationships are stronger and closer. Votes: 0

Undeniably, I'm a country singer; I'm a country songwriter. But I feel like I make country music for people who like country music and for people who don't. Votes: 0

I didn't get into music to become a blues musician, or a country musician. I'm a singer-songwriter. In my book that means I get to do whatever I want. Votes: 0

Melanie Fiona is a singer, a songwriter, she's a super-girl. I can be silly, goofy, really chilled. She's like your cool chill girlfriend, sister-friend. I'm just like everybody else. Votes: 0

I honestly and truly love and believe in what I'm making, and it's not a joke, whereas some people would take a singer-songwriter sitting behind an acoustic guitar as sincere. Votes: 0

The business today is completely different and it's very producer driven, so that a songwriter needs to have producing chops, be a singer, songwriter, or find a singer to develop. Votes: 0

After a while, though, you realize that a whole slew of young singer-songwriter piano players are getting compared to you. That's when you feel the passage of time is occurring. Votes: 0

Anyway, in my performance style, I'm a singer-songwriter. People can call it neo-soul or R&B or whatever. But at the core, when you see me live, I'm a singer-songwriter. Votes: 0

I think Americana music is music that is generally more singer/songwriter oriented. It has more to do with the songwriting. The music, it's more like stories set to music. Votes: 0

I started playing the acoustic guitar for more singer-songwriter type stuff. I bet if I would have gotten more approval for my "rock playing", I might be a world class shredder. Votes: 0

I don't like the idea of a singer-songwriter record. I don't picture myself that way, and it's not my favorite sort of look, I guess. It's really just an aesthetic thing. Votes: 0

To be a musician, especially a singer-songwriter - well, you don't do that if you have a thriving social life. You do it because there's an element of alienation in your life. Votes: 0

SPEAK OF TROUBLE highlights the abilities of Lowell Sostomi as singer/songwriter and brings together a talented band of musicians with amazing dexterity, loads of energy, and very original arrangements. Im impressed. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

I like country music. I'm not going to lie. I'm from the South, and I grew up on it. My dad was a country singer-songwriter, so it's in my blood, and I love it. Votes: 0

If somebody says 'singer-songwriter' to me, the first person I think of is James Taylor. There are plenty of modern singer-songwriters, but there is something about James Taylor that has always resonated with me. Votes: 0

Getting on stage, for me, was a huge thing when I first started. And back in high school, everyone was in rock bands and I was a singer/songwriter. It just seems kind of lame. Votes: 0

There are very few things I would love to do other than a life of writing, and I think being a singer-songwriter and being an anthropologist are the two other things I can imagine doing. Votes: 0

Morley is one of the outstanding voices of her generation, as a singer, songwriter and bandleader she's in a class of her own, transcends all categories and is making a major contribution to contemporary music. Votes: 0