Quotes About Passion

We pride ourselves on being great songwriters.

So many songwriters peak in their early 20s because they're living off their passions.

It may not be the most popular but there is a place for it. I think about the kind of music I love, acoustic, melodic, and I guess it kind of took a bit of courage on my part to think I could be one of those songwriters.

I'm a writer, first and foremost, and I sort of take my cues from the songwriters of the '70s, who are talking about what's really important to them.

I loved hard-rock bands, and I loved songwriters who told stories.

We felt like, first and foremost, we were songwriters.

Some people are songwriters, and some people are just recording artists. I'm both. I write and record.

My favorite songwriters are all solo artists.

I love Gino Vannelli! I love every one of his albums. He's one of my favourite songwriters - straight up.

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

There's just a certain amount of grandeur and total squalor we exist in as songwriters because it's a crazy job for crazy people.

Travis Barker is one of the greatest drummers ever, and all the guys in blink are really good songwriters.

I'm basically a songwriter, man. Songwriters are down in the fine print, you know? And I really enjoy that.

Good songwriters write about what consumes their heart, and ours is about our relationship with God.

Songwriting is such an intricate part of me as an artist and as a person; I couldn't just let someone else do it.

I'm getting bored performing the same songs over and over. Songwriting comes and goes.

I got a sociology degree and then had an opportunity to go to graduate school. But I said no, because I wanted to give songwriting a shot.

I think songwriting was the biggest way that I found my identity.

If anyone asks me about songwriting, I guess I'd say that you just gotta do it.

Growing up, I became a huge fan of Freddie Mercury, Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins. That's where I really started developing my songwriting skills on a personal level.

I'm always trying to find myself little holes where I can do some songwriting.

Songwriting was definitely first. I started singing, and then I was rapping; then I went back to singing. As I was growing up, I just taught myself piano and guitar.

I always saw songwriting as the top of the heap. No matter what else you were going to do creatively - and there were a lot of choices - writing songs was king.

The foundation for me is the songwriting and the craft. All I want is for people to hear the music. Just put me in front of an audience.