Taylor Goldsmith Quotes

I'd like to think that what I've written over the years and what I'm doing now means something to people. People in the street all the time are saying "love the new record" or "I love that record," this tune or that tune. It means an awful lot, or it's been a big part of their lives. As a songwriter, what else would you really want? You're trying to connect with people, people's emotions, and maybe say something about their lives or feelings. That's probably a good enough compliment to receive, really.

To see fans singing your songs back to you is an indescribable thing.

It makes me feel great, knowing my songs are being heard and of service to people.

The honor to me has less to do with the award. To me that translates in the relationship that I have with the audience, and if my music is helpful to them, that's the award.

I feel happy about the songs I've written. I'm a great lover of the craft of songwriting, and I sure admire it in other people when I see it - past and present. I feel comfortable with what I have accomplished. I feel happy to be able to work in that environment, and that I have a lot of songs left to be written, somewhere.

There are all kinds of other things I could do, things I would probably like, but only acting would give me emotional fulfillment.

As a songwriter, that's really what you hope for - to make that connection with your audience.

With 'More Than Words,' we wrote that, so we are that. I'm just happy people can connect with any of our songs. If that song opened the floodgates for us to be able to tour the world over and over, how could I be unhappy with that?

I don't feel that I have achieved anything, I just want people to love my songs.

To write a song and have it embraced by someone, even one person, I don't think that's something that everyone gets to experience.

There's something about being onstage, singing my lyrics to somebody and them either listening and receiving them, or singing them back to me, that I just can't get enough of.

My favorite part about writing a song is really when it's released, and I can see that it relates to so many people.

Songwriting ability is a gift. After a while, you come to realize, "I've really been blessed. I can write these things and it makes me happy, and it makes millions of people happy." It's an obligation, it's bigger than you. It's the only true magic I know. It's not pulling a rabbit out of a hat; it's real. It's your soul floating out to theirs.

Every song I ever wrote, I wrote to be heard. So, if I was given a choice that 50 years from now I could either have a dollar or knowing that some kid was listening to my song, I'd go with the kid listening to my song.

I could compose and write music and get to share it with the masses and the people around the world and to have them to receive it so beautifully - I love that.

I finished your song, she said. Our last song. And I want to play it for you.

Nothing makes me happier than writing a song that I think is good or that I want to play. Writing songs helps me.

It's really amazing to be a part of something that people have an emotional response to, even though it's a network sitcom. When you get a chance to meet fans or interact with them, you realize that there are a lot of people who the show speaks to, and that they really get something out of it, beyond just laughing. That's really fulfilling.

What I like about being a musician is that I find the thing soothing, but I also give the soothing to other people.

If I hear one of my songs by anybody, it's a dream come true every time for me as a songwriter, because I want to write a song, I want to write a song that the world can sing and will always sing.

Going back and forth between wanting to be respected artistically and wanting to move people is its own challenge.

...whatever I ended up doing with my life,I wanted to people feel the way this music was making me feel.

When they're people who are your fans, you know, 'cause they really feel what you're singing, that's my favorite

I knew it straight away when Twitter first came around, and also Facebook, where it was so easy to post, that this was another way to speak directly with people listening to my music. If they found my music and they like it, most likely they want to hear more from me and hear what I'm about. I've put an enormous amount of time into that and it's played out well for me.

I really focus on what my fans will take from it, people living their day-to-day lives. At the end of the day, the music isn't for me; it's for people who are going through their struggles and want to relate to someone who feels the same way they do. I've got to go all-in, expressing myself, right there in the moment.