Quotes About Talent

I think what makes me great as a songwriter is there's still an artist behind it.

I don't know if people know this about me, but I'm into Billy Joel. I'm a huge fan of his and always have been. He's just a quintessential songwriter of our time. Talk about a storied career - so many classic songs and great albums.

I never dreamed of being a singer or songwriter. It just happened.

My grandma was a church organist for 40 years, and she got me into jazz music and great songwriters, Harold Arlen, George Gershwin, all those folks. I can't do it, but I have a profound respect for it.

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.

Why can't we actually sing and get respected as good singers and songwriters without having our boobs and butt hanging out?

Traditionally, songwriters can't sing. And that holds true in my case, also.

Carole King is one of my all-time favorite songwriters.

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

Songwriters aren't always performers, and even performing songwriters aren't always the kind of show-biz performers you think they'd be.

Breaking Benjamin, they're such incredible songwriters.

Bands can become absolutely huge and actually be pretty terrible musicians, and bands can be the most amazing songwriters and musicians in the world and never play for more than 10 people. With that in mind, getting successful doesn't mean anything.

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

I'm now working with some of the best songwriters in the world and Sia has written a song that has been given to me. Oh my God, it's just insane.

There are so many songwriters that people don't know about. There's so many producers that people don't know about.

Queen had incredible songwriters.

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

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

In reality - and we've always said this - yes, we are girls, women, but, first and foremost, we're musicians and we're songwriters.

Songwriting is my gift from God.

After two years in the songwriting world, I wrote 'All About That Bass.' L.A. Reid heard it and signed me as an artist.

'Mr. Misunderstood' - that whole album is incredible and just has amazing songwriting.

Probably most successful songwriters have an innate songwriting ability.

Songwriting was a gift that came to me when I needed it the most.