Belinda Carlisle Quotes

I always was really confident about myself, about my voice, myself as a person, my body, all of those things, but as a songwriter - I just didn't identify as a songwriter at all.

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

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

I've been singing since I was two. Music was my first passion and I love writing, singing, creating and being creative.

I write on all instruments.

I realized that I wanted to get better in every way. As a person, as a friend, as a songwriter, as a musician, as an artist, record producer, you name it.

Learn the duty as well as taste the pleasure of original work.

I saw I could rhyme words. It came simply to me. But I wrote some pretty horrible songs that I still have on tape.

My main thing is just to keep writing. I've been doing some songwriting that's for my own record, I suppose.

I write a lot of rhymes, but I don't really end up using them a lot of times, and I end up just freestyling. I like to write music, though, more than I like to freestyle, to be honest.

I've just always been around great songwriters. To me, they were the standard.

The main thing is that I've been studying composition for the last four years. I'd say it's the life experience combined with the lessons that enabled me to go much further.

There were aspects of stardom I didn't like, which were of no consequence, really, but the positive things far outweighed the negative. By the time I came to write 'Setting Sons,' I felt my writing was more like prose, set to music.

I thought I could do more than rap and I just so happen to be right.

I was someone who knew what they wanted to do for so long. I was always fascinated by music, always a student of pop.

I'm constantly writing music and keeping myself busy somehow.

When I was 24, I realized I could never be one of the best rappers, but I knew I had some of the best ideas.

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

I say it's easier to write for other people than write for myself.

My sister's job does not involve music, but she is an amazing singer and songwriter.

Labels and people didn't know if i could write original music or anything.

A songwriter writes songs all the time, whereas just writing a song can be done by anyone, anytime.

I definitely consider myself a songwriter first because that's my best attribute.

Working on my own gave me a chance to take my time and experiment a lot.

I feel there must be an enormous amount of really talented songwriters out there who can't sing.