Affect Quote by Aesop Rock

People naturally change a lot during their 20s, so my songs reflect that progression.

— Miranda Lambert

And in the mean time my songs will travel, And the devirginated young ladies will enjoy them when they have got over the strangeness

— Ezra Pound

My songs are like my children - I expect them to support me when I'm old.

— Dolly Parton

I'm sure that the meaning of the songs that I've written will change for me over the years, the same way that I can't…

— Angel Olsen

I feel like, if you're writing the same songs you were writing when you were 17 in your 30s, something's wrong. As a grown…

— Benji Madden

Maybe you just get so attached to the music of your youth that you think it's better than what's coming out now.

— Judd Apatow

Of course, Im older now. Im in a different place in my life than when I wrote the songs for Car Wheels or Essence…

— Lucinda Williams

All the issues you deal with get more complicated as you get older; it takes more focus to write songs that reflect what you've…

— Lou Barlow

My hope is that my songs make you think about yourself, in your own life, and not really about me.

— JP Saxe

When you're young you don't think, 'This person is going to change your life.' But when you start recording your own songs, it comes…

— Fefe Dobson

I am so lucky that I have been part of and written songs that will always resonate no matter how old they get.

— Richard Ashcroft

However, yes, especially as one gets older, you know, you really hope that your music will become more generally available, even though some of…

— John Eaton