I don't think I'm a good-enough songwriter.

- Gin Wigmore

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.

- Kacey Musgraves

Writing for somebody else is really fun 'cause I consider myself a songwriter first and foremost.

- Kesha

First and foremost, I consider myself a songwriter.

- Kenny Chesney

I like working with other people but I'm not a songwriter, I'm a producer.

- Josh Silver

I wanted to be a writer since I was a little girl - long before I was a musician and a songwriter.

- Juliana Hatfield

I think to be a good songwriter, you have to be able to play an instrument.

- Joe Cocker

I didn't mean to be a songwriter; I just was writing for fun, you have all day to do it. I was homeless so that's all I had to do.

- Jewel

As I've matured as a songwriter, I realize that if it's out there, it's mine.

- John Mellencamp

I think with any songwriter the first 1,000 songs are always terrible.

- Graham Russell

I've always been around musicians and always been the songwriter who doesn't end up playing the music.

- Alex Ebert

I'm English, and I started off as a songwriter, so I can't really escape that - it's there.

- Damon Albarn

I'm a songwriter and I'd love to make that a part of my career.

- Condola Rashad

I'm a songwriter first.

- Carole King

I always wanted to be known as a songwriter and not just a songbird.

- Carly Rae Jepsen

As a songwriter, I'm not necessarily writing about myself or my life.

- Ben Gibbard

When you're a songwriter and you click with someone, you tend to want to keep writing with that person.

- Billy Sherwood

I'm a songwriter, that's what I love.

- Berry Gordy

I feel, as a songwriter, it's one of the hardest things to do - to sit down and say how you feel.

- Bruno Mars

I see myself continuing to be a songwriter and a motivator and someone that has grown in her faith.

- Ashthon Jones