Songwriting Skill Quotes

Adam [Cohen] is a great singer-songwriter in his own right.

I can write a song in about an hour if it's a simple country song.

As a lyricist, I'm really trying to raise my level of quality.

The personality and songwriting of Holy Ghost! trumps the originality card any day.

Basically, I listen to voices. If they write good songs and they can sing, I'll probably like it.

Drake is a lyrical genius, and he's great with melodies, and Pharrell is an amazing producer and songwriter.

I actually went to an Oasis concert. I thought they were a brilliant songwriting band.

With lyrics, being a poet gave me a different approach than other people.

When you write really good lyrics - and sometimes I did! - they are just a joy to sing.

I am so highly skilled that when I pick up a phrase and then pick up my guitar, a form comes out almost immediately - a song - and once I start, I have to finish it.

I've never written a song that I thought was a hit.

I'm a great songwriter, but I'm not the most talented musician.

Rachael Sage is a marvelous young artist- and I am a fan!! 'Haunted by You' has a beauty that shines through her lyrics and melodies-- poignant, tender and tough. These are stories from the heart that will lift you up and carry you to places you had never dreamed.

There is a difference between a great producer and somebody who is a big advocate of your music. Just because you're a big advocate for a band doesn't mean you need to be in the studio with them, and at the same time - we don't need to get into this conversation - you can write a hit, but it might not hit.

It seems like if they'd given Bob Dylan a pen and paper in the cradle that he would've come up with a great song. I'd love to write songs like that.

As long as Elton John can bring forth one performance per album on the order of 'Someone Saved My Life Tonight,' the chance remains that he will become something more than the great entertainer he already is and go on to make a lasting contribution to rock.

I've written a lot of songs in the last couple years, but writing a lot of songs doesn't always mean writing good songs.

I couldn't write an AC/DC song. I don't know how to do that.

You need to understand that a skilled professional songwriter can accelerate your success as an already talented musician. These people are writing every single day, so their craft is really sharp, and it's the best songwriters who consistently get on the radio.

I'd love to say that I could write political songs, but I don't feel clued-up enough.

The more people who come from musical backgrounds and go into promotion, production, songwriting, A&R, plus get their business head together, the better. They'll not only understand the business aspect, they'll also have a true passion and ear for how quality is represented musically.

With every song that I write, I compare it to the Beatles. The thing is, they only got there before me. If I'd been born at the same time as John Lennon, I'd have been up there.

Meeting my wife changed everything; it really, in the long run, made me a much better artist, a much better songwriter, a much better maker of albums.

The Smiths hasn't been equaled. That goes for the composition of the songs, the lyrics, and the performance.

If Woody Guthrie set the bar for American songwriters, Bob Dylan jumped right over it. No one I know will ever come close to possessing the beauty of melody and the use of language that Dylan shares with us, with ease.