Damn Quote by Amanda Shires

It's very important to me that every person takes away their own meaning from a song, and it's why I don't always love spelling…

— Aubrie Sellers

The funny thing is, people's perceptions of what a song is about is usually wrong a majority of the time. But they're still going…

— Vince Gill

It's better for the listener to interpret their own meanings to the music.

— Kelly Jones

It's very strange when people get so focused on what a song means, what actual events inspired a song. That gets people really excited…

— Conor Oberst

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

— Lauren Mayberry

Nobody ever thinks a song is about them. Well, not when it's mean. When it's a good song everybody thinks it's about them. And…

— Sara Bareilles

When you do have songs where you're going to say something, some kind of statement about cultural or social stuff, that in general people…

— Catie Curtis

I always hate explaining away songs, because for me they mean something, and for other people, they'll mean something absolutely different.

— Martin Gore

As a fan of pop music myself, I hate discovering that a favourite track has a completely different meaning from the one I thought.

— Romy Madley Croft

For me it's about the music, and it always has been. Maybe for some other people it's more about money.

— Ace Frehley

I think it's always interesting how music means different things to different people, and people who overthink it are looking to in some ways…

— Noah Baumbach

I love when a song is so specific that there's not much room for interpretation.

— Gracie Abrams