Able Quote by Adele

If I were a writer and not a singer in 10 years, I don't know how I'd feel about writing really personal songs and…

— Adele

When I write songs for myself it's really personal and I just can't have someone else singing it.

— Sky Ferreira

Sometimes when you're a songwriter, you kind of have this egotistic thing: you just want to write something that you love, and you don't…

— Yuna

I'd love to write a song that someone else sings that can actually sing really well.

— Bo Burnham

Sometimes I would write something that was so private, people would say, 'Make it more universal.' I never liked that idea. I always thought…

— Jane Wiedlin

People used to say nobody can sing my songs but me - they're too personal.

— Joni Mitchell

I think it's fine for a singer to sing someone else's song. But the thing I don't like is when a singer that can…

— Howard Lawrence

If I'm inspired to make a certain kind of song, I'm going to make that kind of song, no matter if it's what they…

— Billie Eilish

Writing a song is so personal. You have to have trust in someone you're working with; otherwise, you're not gonna come out with something…

— Billie Eilish

When you write a song that is so personal to yourself, it's really hard to picture anybody else understanding it when you're singing it.…

— Butch Walker

I feel like if you can make music, and get people to, you know, evoke that feeling out of other people through writing songs,…

— Dr. Luke

It's not a nice thing to have a song written about you.

— Eliot Sumner