Quotes About Achievement

Salman Khan gave me a break, and that proved to be a boon. By the grace of God, my first song was a blockbuster.

When I sang in 'Aashiq Banaya Aapne,' I never imagined the song would be such a rage.

Creating a decent pop song is a challenge - and occasionally, once in every decade - it's kind of fun to do that.

When I was a little girl, my dream was just to hear my song on the radio. It was very fascinating to me, and I was like, 'How do I do that?' Now it's like, 'Oh my God, my song is on the radio!'

I didn't even know I could sing or write songs. I didn't have that education. But people shouldn't think they can look down on someone like me, because I've had the same success as others, sold the same amount of records, if not more. They shouldn't think that because I'm just from 'The X Factor,' I'm not credible or respected as much.

He has given me several blockbuster albums in all these years, and DSP is the man behind many of the best songs in my career.

My aspirations aren't to sell millions of records, but to write really good songs.

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

I hated the thought of being just a songwriter.

It's a songwriter's dream to have a song recorded and run up the charts.

What I want is credibility I got as a songwriter and actor and doing 'Blood Brothers' on Broadway with my brother Shaun.

A lot of people think I came out of nowhere. When you start as a songwriter, nobody knows who you are. I met the guy who wrote 'Yeah' by Usher, which was a huge smash, and nobody knew who he was.

For me, the most challenging thing was developing myself as a songwriter and as a performer and as the leader of a band. And I just did it.

As writers, you spend so long trying to build your cred as a writer, and then everything comes together at the same time: your artist career happens when your songwriter career is, too.

I always wanted to be a songwriter, and it took a while.

I have a history, and I am proud of my legacy as a songwriter, all of the songs that I've brought forth into our culture. I'm proud of that.

People started recording my songs. Later, I was offered songwriter contracts. And then, finally, I could take the time to work on my own project. I worked hard for this all by myself.

I could never have dreamed of picking up an Ivor Novello for anything... but for Songwriter Of The Year, it's just amazing.

I think the biggest thing, for me, was just to be recognized as a songwriter.

I thought I was just going to be a songwriter for other people! And now I get to put out my own music, which is amazing.

I'd like to eventually be known as someone who emerged as a songwriter.

We got a Grammy for writing 'No Scrubs.' It contributed to me getting Songwriter of the Year. I was the first woman to get Songwriter of the Year from ASCAP and 'No Scrubs' was part of the reason for me getting it.

One of my first songs I ever got a decent cut on was with a songwriter out of Xenomania, called 'All Fired Up' for the Saturdays.

These days the whole 'American Idol' and 'The X Factor' and all that stuff has opened up doors for songwriters like me. I get songs on their albums.