Quotes About Craft

Being a songwriter does not rely on an audience or other band members or a camera. I can just sit in a room and write songs.

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

Being a songwriter is really the base of being an artist, for me.

As a songwriter, metaphor is instinctual.

Being a songwriter, my job is just to write songs for people. I'm not attached to them.

I'd rather be known as a songwriter than a guitarist, although I love to play the guitar.

I'm a songwriter.

I generally, you know, I don't - I don't really scat. I'm - I'm basically a songwriter so you need a little lyrics that rhyme and stuff.

At the end of the day, I'm a songwriter.

I try to read a lot and listen to a lot of good songwriters, and I try to actually work on the craft of writing a song rather than just leaving it up to inspiration.

I've learned as much about writing from songwriters as I have from other writers.

I know exactly what songwriters are going through.

I like to keep morale up and not take things so seriously all the time. I enjoy life and laughs but I'm serious about the music. Serious about the craft of songwriting.

Songwriting is a muscle. The more you do it, the better you get at it.

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.

My songwriting has brought so much to me as an artist and my ability that I have as an artist has brought so much to my songwriting that they live off each other. Without one, the other one dies.

I think my favorite thing is songwriting.

Songwriting is my craft now, and it's more than something I just enjoy.

Probably most successful songwriters have an innate songwriting ability.

Songwriting isn't always something that's directly proportionate to the experience.

The classic, quote/unquote, craft of songwriting still works; it still is relevant.

The rule of songwriting: say what you want to say, say it again, say it a different way, then say it again.

I am really heavy into songwriting.

I enjoy recording and performing, but it's the songwriting that I love most.