Been Quote by Bill Callahan

I am a songwriter. I do get to put my personal experiences in song.

— Melissa Etheridge

The thrill of writing songs for other people, when you get that right, that person's soul speaks to that song; you've done them a…

— LP

I realized after writing songs for years how important it is. Whether it provides a living for me or not, that creative outlet is…

— Sam Hunt

Why be in music, why write songs, if you can't use them to explore life or an idealized vision of life?

— Rufus Wainwright

If you pour your life into songs, you want them to be heard. It's a desire to communicate. A deep desire to communicate inspires…

— Bono

I write songs so that people can make them into what it means to them as well.

— William Beckett

I write songs because I have to write them, and if I didn't I'd be doing some other kind of music that didn't require…

— John Frusciante

My inspiration for songs is just everyday life. I just write down words about things that have happened to me, people I've met.

— Paolo Nutini

I write songs like someone would write a really tiny book. I think it's the same thing. It's building this world, painting it and…

— Maisie Peters

I've always written songs to use music as a form of therapy or as a way to look at my obstacles or my memories…

— Chuck Ragan

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

I usually write from my own experience, and that's definitely a true statement for me. I think having a song about desiring to live…

— Jon Foreman