Ifs Quote by Bob Dylan

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

— Guy Garvey

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

Songs are a way to express what I have felt. A way to understand what happened to me or to other people.

— Yael Naim

Music tells you about the artist and what they were thinking about at the time, because the person has to think about it to…

— Sean Paul

I was used to people appreciating my songs without acknowledging me.

— Arjun Janya

You learn a lot about people when youlisten to songs that mean something to them.

— Ritu Ghatourey

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

When writing songs, especially if they're kinda semi-true to you, a lot of people hide behind whatever their idea of themselves is in the…

— El-P

My concern has always been to write songs that my audience, my fans are able to identify with.

— Guru Randhawa

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

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 feel like if I've written a song about something I haven't experienced, I wouldn't be able to perform it properly, and people would…

— Anne-Marie