Songwriting I think, or any art form, the inspiration…

Seeing other people do great work is its own form of inspiration and far more powerful than borrowing their ideas.

— Kody Chamberlain

“I had to learn a new way of playing. I had to practice a lot, and just find ways around the limitations. So it…

— Tom Petty

Most of us have the residue of thousands of songs in our ears, that if you end up songwriting, I think you're mostly smoking…

— Tom Waits

I think the nature of songwriters is that they are philosophers, and philosophers have a bent towards poetry and songwriting, so I think that…

— Tom T. Hall

I love that element of songwriting. I think it's so important to be open and honest, that's always how I've been in my music.

— Lola Young

In terms of songwriting I think it might be a circular thing. I tend to go back and forth between quieter melancholy songs and…

— Thalia Zedek

My commitment to refugees comes from a very personal place.

— Alek Wek

My music comes from my personal background.

— Ludovico Einaudi

The only way it works with my standup is if it comes from a personal place.

— Melissa Villasenor

I write about what I want to write about, and so the film comes out as a very personal expression even if its subject…

— Woody Allen

The team comes first before my personal ambition.

— Victor Osimhen

Mostly everything I've ever sung comes from a personal place.

— Luke James

Although music comes from a very personal place, talent is meant to be shared.

— John Petrucci

My desire to fight comes from within... it's a personal journey of accomplishment, not meant to be judges or for me to judge others.

— Cat Zingano

Inspiration comes from so many sources. Music, other fiction, the non-fiction I read, TV shows, films, news reports, people I know, stories I hear,…

— Trudi Canavan