Day Quote by Aldous Harding

Even if somebody wanted to tell me what one of my songs meant to him or her, I can't do it - I would…

— Lucy Dacus

The great thing about a song is that no one has to know your story. But if you tell it in a way that…

— Amy Grant

I usually tell somebody if a song’s for them. I don’t always tell them if it’s about them.

— Guy Garvey

It's hard for me to always explain my songs, and people always expect a meaning and to know what it's about. Sometimes when I…

— Amy Macdonald

People tell me all the time that my songs help them express things to loved ones that they may not be able to say…

— John Legend

Most of the time, the lyrics are kind of like my secret messages to my friends or my boyfriend or my mom or my…

— Imogen Heap

In songs, you have to tell people about something they didn't see and weren't there for, and you have to do it as if…

— Bob Dylan

I feel like my songs are like diary entries for me. So I usually write about things that have happened to me specifically or…

— Sara Bareilles

I write most songs randomly. They don't always deal with something I've been through but something I think is important to tell.

— Tony Oller

Sometimes, you sit down to write a song, you don't realize what it's going to mean to somebody other than yourself.

— Luke Combs

I usually don't write songs by people calling me and saying, 'Write a song about this.' Usually I'm just going with what I want…

— Diane Warren

I try not to say exactly what songs are about sometimes, because I feel like it ruins it for people.

— Lauren Mayberry