I was a songwriter; that was the torch I carried. This is an honorable profession. This is what I do.
The songwriter mustn't fall in love with his own song. If it doesn't belong, he can't push it into a show. Let him save it; maybe it'll fit in another show.
I definitely consider myself a songwriter first because that's my best attribute.
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'm a great songwriter, but I'm not the most talented musician.
I started being a songwriter pretending I could do it, and it turned out I could.
People don't tend to notice, but in the past 10 years especially there's been a lot of growth in how I write songs and what goes into them. You can listen to Mountain Goats from 1991 to 2007 and never hear a seventh chord. In 2007 or 2008, I started working on the piano to grow as a songwriter. I started throwing major sevens in and sixes and more interesting stuff.
Im a songwriter and Id love to make that a part of my career.
Imagination is the key to my lyrics. The rest is painted with a little science fiction. . . All I'm writing is just what I feel, that's all. I just keep it almost naked. And probably the words are so bland. . . I just hate to be in one corner. I hate to be put as only a guitar player, or either only as a songwriter, or only as a tap dancer. I like to move around. . . Music doesn't lie. If there is something to be changed in this world, then it can only happen through music.
I wanted to be a songwriter. I didn't so much want to be a performer. I more grew into that just from being a songwriter.
I wanted to honor [George Gershwin]. He's a great American songwriter.
I was a different person before I started to write. When I realized I could be a songwriter and that people would listen - that was when I started feeling good in my life.
I think that any songwriter - and I think that Bob Dylan knows this more than all of us - you don't write the songs anyhow.
Dude, okay, so you're gay. You may consider that to be different, but you're not different. You have two jobs. You have to go out there and be the best artist that you can be. You've got to go out there and be the best songwriter that you can be. You simply have to be great at what you do and then your dreams will fall into place. Who you are is just a part of that dream, a part of your story.
I honestly don't class myself as a songwriter. I've got 'musician' written on my passport. That's even funnier.
I want you to remember something for me. My name is Robbie Williams. I'm a singer, a songwriter, and a born entertainer.