I still take a lot of pride in being able to write my own…

Songs will always become a story in some way. I think it's my strongpoint as a writer musically. I don't shy away from it.…

— Mike Stud

It's great to be able to write songs and draw on life, to write truthfully, and to be able to do that, it's good…

— Johnny Flynn

I personally believe that most people that play an instrument would be able to write a few songs here and there. But they say,…

— Keith Richards

We have Common on one song called 'Don't Charge Me With the Crime,' which is one of my favorite songs. It's a story song.…

— Kevin Jonas

'I Met You When I Was 18' is a collection of songs, a story about moving to New York City when I was 18…

— Lauv

The beauty of Billie Holiday is that she gave every singer after her the license to interpret and perform music in ways that were…

— Dianne Reeves

“It wasn't like the other songs. There was no story, no conversation. This was just the feeling, without words or pictures, and it had…

— Brenna Yovanoff

After the Rodgers and Hammerstein revolution, songs became part of the story, as opposed to just entertainments in between comedy scenes.

— Stephen Sondheim

When I write songs, it's very random. I get influenced by the most random things! Sometimes it just comes to me in my sleep…

— Roshon Fegan

I think sometimes - not always - I write songs that are accessible.

— David Byrne

It was a lot easier to write songs before I had a record deal, because the record labels and the industry doesn't mean to…

— Ashton Shepherd

Sometimes, but the year I lived in France I started to write songs.

— Carly Simon

I write songs from the heart, and I don't hold back.

— Laura Mvula

I don't really write songs anymore.

— Justin Vernon

I wanted to write songs that were as good as the covers.

— George Thorogood