Believe Quote by Bob Dylan

When you write a song that is so personal to yourself, it's really hard to picture anybody else understanding it when you're singing it.…

— Butch Walker

Because of things like 'The X Factor' and 'Autotune', the real art of communicating a song is not treasured any more. But singing other…

— Katie Melua

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

— Melissa Etheridge

That's the good thing about music: you can sing about people's lives in its stages and feelings. Some songs can put something in context…

— Paolo Nutini

I don't just want to sing about simplistic things all the time. It's good to have a mix of songs that have a real…

— Marina and the Diamonds

Write your own songs. It helps you to mean what you're singing, which will then make it mean something to listeners.

— Natasha Bedingfield

I like to write songs that people can identify with and sing along to.

— Jay Sean

Every human being sees something different in a painting, so I want every single person to have their own thoughts about our songs.

— Shavo Odadjian

The music that we listen to these days, everything is right there in your face. There's no real mystery. It's not poetic. I want…

— Ro James

I think I just have to be myself. No one can write the songs I do, and no one can sing the way I…

— Astrid S

If you aren't already a songwriter, try it. When you can say what you want to say, in your own words, it's incredibly easy…

— Chris Young

When I write songs I write for myself...I'm writing it as a form of expression, and hoping to find an audience, an audience that…

— Patti Scialfa