Engaging Quote by Cassandra Wilson

There's always a story in music, and it's expressed through my music.

— Ledisi

I've been told that my music tells a story, but I don't know the story.

— Tristan Murail

Sometimes when there is action, we just tend to avoid those moments with music, and have music in a separate part that allows you…

— Stuart A. Staples

Everything stems from real experiences but I do also have a very vivid imagination. A song lyric gets easily carried away with itself and…

— Imogen Heap

The stories in the songs come from my real life.

— Jessie Reyez

Though the inspiration for my songs almost always comes from things that are happening around me, I am definitely not always the protagonist in…

— Thalia Zedek

I do experience something pretty commonly with every song; there's some moment where it clicks into its own life with its own emotional impact…

— Mirah

I started to see this common theme with the songs that I was writing or co-writing, and it all had this really strong, independent…

— Maren Morris

Just like any songwriter, the songs come out of where I am in my life and what I'm doing and who I'm hanging out…

— David Longstreth

You have to remember that writing those sorta songs is not reality, it's more like trance, dream, y'know, like dreamwork. The mythical thing can…

— Van Morrison

The music you play, it's never intended for other people, so it's quite amazing dealing with stuff now, because obviously any tracks I write,…

— Ben Howard

We've all had that experience where we hear a song that we've liked for many years, and we finally hear what the writer tells…

— Jakob Dylan