‘Songwriters need to fight to get the payment we deserve. We need to get the right credit.’

Latin Grammy winner Claudia Brant on her career, modern songwriting, and the prospects for young writers today
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‘You want to know how I became a successful songwriter? You mean you want to be miserable like me?’

Brian Lee talks Lady Gaga, Post Malone, and why the 9-to-5 life of Nashville isn’t his bag
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‘To succeed in a business that doesn’t really want anyone to succeed, you have to be quite confident.’

Justin Tranter is the latest interview in MBW’s World’s Greatest Songwriters series
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‘I got crumbled into little pieces and then I rebuilt, and through the rebuilding, I became fearless.’

World’s Greatest Songwriters: MoZella
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‘The guy who signed me sent an email that basically said, You will never make it in America and you’re going to come home crying.’

Toby Gad, writer of smashes for Beyoncé and John Legend, on why songwriters shouldn’t “try to be famous”
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‘What I’ve learned, and I’m not saying I’ve practiced it well, is you get what you demand.’

Ariel Rechtshaid on working with Madonna, Vampire Weekend and many more
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‘My challenge to myself is: make sure you’re writing with people who make you better.’

World’s Greatest Songwriters: Tayla Parx
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‘Record labels are like Donald Trump… scared artists are making dumb albums, singing stupid songs.’

Next year, Linda Perry says she’ll revolutionize the music business. Today, she’ll settle for tearing it a new one.
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