“One other thing, if it's possible, as songwriters, you should also develop yourself as record producers.”
Barry Mann
“ Some .. see things that are ... and ask why ? I Dream things that never were ... and ask Why Not ! ”
G.B. Shaw
“I think every songwriter must feel as we do, but somehow no one who has recorded one of our numbers has made as good a job as we had hoped.”
Barry Gibb
“The business today is completely different and it's very producer driven, so that a songwriter needs to have producing chops, be a singer/songwriter, or find a singer to develop.”
Cynthia Weil
“I Think That People Should Learn From There Mistakes By Making A SubLoving Attendment To Get Further From The Own Looks They Rather Have”
Cordell Francis
“I've always loved his songwriting and I feel like he's one of the great American songwriters, ... I liked the fact that he never really fit into any category. He didn't fit anywhere -- he was rock 'n' roll and not rock 'n' roll. He was a force unto himself.”
Rick Rubin
“[And I also thought about one of Yale's alumni, namely the urbane songwriter Cole Porter. The grandson of a] gentleman farmer, ... Bulldog! Bulldog! (Bow, Wow, Wow).”
Cole Porter
