Come up Quote by Alanis Morissette

Good lyrics don't solve your problems~ they embrace your shit and make it easier to continue~ knowing someone took the time to write about…

— From My Left Ball

I've been writing a lot of songs about my personal life and identity. That can be a real healing process.

— Olly Alexander

My songwriting is just journaling out my life via song.

— Laufey

When you write a song, the goal is not to convey the details of your life. You should write a memoir or something if…

— Conor Oberst

I've never been interested in diarising my life through song. So much stuff has been done before. So many people have brilliantly articulated the…

— Dan Smith

Everyone knows the power of a song and it takes you back to that place. Just that power of words can heal.

— Jimmy Wayne

I've had a bit of a crazy life. So writing lyrics in songs is easy for me.

— Tricky

I'm a great believer in not over-thinking lyrics. You might become technically better as a songwriter, but you lose what originally made your songs…

— Paul Stanley

I hope people hear my songs and realize that writing music is kind of easy, or that taking your sadness and turning it into…

— Frankie Cosmos

Song-writing is therapy for me. I'm a very moody person, very difficult to live with. There's a lot going on and a lot of…

— Gary Numan

I don't write lyrics. I hear the track and sing in gibberish over it, then I try and fit words into the phrasing and…

— Kelela

I think just letting go is a really good thing to do in many areas of your life, songwriting included.

— Ingrid Michaelson