Create Quote by Bridgit Mendler

Most of my lyrics are little stories about my experiences or those of my friends.

— Sade Adu

As a teenager and a young adult, I never felt like my own story was interesting enough to tell, so I always wrote lyrics…

— Zach Condon

It's weird to try to write lyrics for somebody else. They can't really get behind what you're saying or what you want them to…

— Wes Borland

So many of my songs are based on things that either happened to me or to someone I know, but there are also ones…

— Shawn Mendes

When it comes to the lyrics, I write about my own perception of things and use characters for that.

— Yasmine Hamdan

Sometimes I'll have an idea for a story or have a subject, and that will inspire lyrics, but most of the time, hopefully, they…

— Beck

I tell the songwriter's story. When I read people's lyrics, I'm so amazed. I want to tell this story and make it part of…

— Sharon Jones

I have a really hard time writing my own lyrics for this record, because one, I had to write so many and also I…

— Kim Gordon

I always try to write about something that's actually happened or it doesn't always have to have happened to me, but it has to…

— Joss Stone

It'd be tricky to read into my lyrics - some are autobiographical, but sometimes I just like the sound of words.

— Max Tundra

The inspiration to write a song comes to me when something has happened to me more than once. If it's happened to me more…

— Kevin Parker

If I just gave you a piece of paper with the lyrics written down on it, it would mean something to you. It would…

— Smokey Robinson