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I'm sure I would have been considered a more significant artist if I was a singer-songwriter. It's just not the way I roll. I love being a curator and a musicologist. People write me letters and thank me for turning them on to Fred McDowell and Sippie Wallace, and that's partly my job this time around.

— Bonnie Raitt

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I always wanted to be an artist; being a songwriter for myself was always a must but being a songwriter for others has been a bonus.

— Jessie J

I never thought of myself as a songwriter. I was just an artist writing songs, and they just happened to get placed.

— Bebe Rexha

I don't consider myself much of a singer. I'm a writer first.

— Mary Steenburgen

For my whole career, I've been a singer-slash-songwriter, even though I'm very thankfully known for my voice. Songwriting has always been a joy in my life, and to be recognized for it is extremely validating.

— Jennifer Nettles

I built a reputation as a songwriter in the industry before my own hits. People were used to coming to me for songs. There were songs like 'Clown' and 'Mountains' that were my songs that I wanted to keep. But the record labels saw me as a songwriter. It was hard to get people to believe in me as an artist.

— Emeli Sande

There were times in my career when I would try to write songs like Bob Dylan... Artists get hooked up in that. To be a follower, you lose.

— Del Shannon

The cool thing about being a songwriter, or a writer, I guess, in general, you can take on a lot of different things, experience a lot of different things, just by writing about them.

— Amos Lee

I always wanted to be known as a songwriter and not just a songbird.

— Carly Rae Jepsen

✗Opposing Perspectives

I consider myself a songwriter before anything else. The fact that I have been able to write both of my records and establishing myself as a songwriter is super-important to me. Some people have that gift, where they can take on anything and make people believe it. I like to do a song from personal experience.

— Kate Voegele

Being a songwriter is really the base of being an artist, for me.

— Kelsea Ballerini