Quotes About Perspective

Being a songwriter, you are accepting that this isn't about you. If you do want it to be about you, you're going to be really miserable.

I've been adjusting to what it means to be a songwriter, figuring out what I like about it and what I don't like about it and what it means to me as opposed to other people.

As a songwriter, it's good to have criticism, and I like objective opinions.

Songwriters always reminded me of that kid at school who would go around with his guitar, like, 'Yeah, songwritin' man,' looking wistful. That wasn't me - those kinds of people put me off. In the early days, I'd write a bunch of lyrics and almost look at them as a sort of joke, to make the rest of the boys laugh.

And I can say this, most of the people who have recorded my songs are songwriters themselves.

When people who are songwriters say 'That's my property and if you give it away for free then I'll lose my incentive,' then, well, good riddance.

I'm probably much more influenced by film-makers and painters than I am by other songwriters or poets.

When you research prolific songwriters, it is usually later in their career they write songs that they distance themselves from, or it's about other people.

One thing we have to remember as songwriters is that we have to consider that country music is the country's music. That doesn't mean that everybody's rural.

A lot of songwriters have written about soldiers and war, but very few have written with them.

In the past, being young, I might have been standoffish to working with other songwriters.

As songwriters, we can go in and write for other artists in a time where you aren't necessarily feeling inspired for yourself.

Songwriting has really allowed me to enjoy life and look at it from an objective place.

Honestly, I've never thought of myself as a mover and shaker of songwriting.

No I.D. is like an alchemist and he'll only give you so much at one time. It's for the best at the end of the day, cause through the process of working with No I.D. I was able to soak up his perspective for songwriting and production and keeping music alive.

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

Songwriting is a give-and-take process, and it can lead to some good, healthy debates.

That's the great thing about songwriting: You have that time to have perspective and look back and think about all the things you'd want to say.

Pressure has always been more of a friend than a foe for me with songwriting.

That's my favorite part about songwriting, the way you write a song, and someone else might hear it a different way.

I thought my singing and songwriting were good, but nothing different. Then you're presented with this picture image that contradicts the impression you get from listening to the record.

I've never been one to indulge in out and out depression when it comes to songwriting.

It's amazing to me that songwriting is an actual job.

I'm from there. You know, when you grow up with these people and see them every day and then you look at the numbers it was easy; it was a no-brainer. And when Sony took a look, it was a no-brainer to them, too.