Able Quote by Aloe Blacc

I was a soul singer first and I'd write love songs. I find with soul music it's really hard to write about anything else.…

— Ben Drew

I worked hard on making a body of work that takes people on a journey. It was never about making a certain type of…

— Khalid

I just try to tell a story with a song, and be able to try to transmit the emotion to you. That's all I'm…

— Meshell Ndegeocello

I am not a good enough writer to have an agenda or come up with a message and try to put it into a…

— Eddie Vedder

I'm always so pleased when I can get a song or be given a song that really speaks to me and I can interpret,…

— Josh Groban

If you can write a song that makes people have emotions and show their feelings, that's a powerful thing and a beautiful thing.

— Gary Rossington

As well as having a really strong message, sometimes an artist needs to couple their sentiment with something that's soulful and groovy to listen…

— Gregory Porter

The people at the record company had asked me if I could write a song about my life, my relationship with God, and where…

— Billy Ray Cyrus

People can feel stuff in a different way when it's through music. If you can get some inspiration into a song, it might be…

— Santigold

As a songwriter, you're never off - for me, anyway. There's a certain mentality of people that decide, "Oh, we're going to try to…

— Kenny Chesney

Maybe you're a singer or not, but what taps into the soul leads to the heart, and that's really what I came away with,…

— PJ Harvey

Sometimes, the simple messages are the best thing music can do, really. Sometimes, songs can stir people up, motivate them to make change.

— Jack Johnson