Art Quote by Charli XCX

I know some people are like "I'm depressed and I'm a struggling artist" and that really works for some people, but that doesn't work…

— Charli XCX

When I'm depressed is when I'm not interested in writing anything, whereas some people, I think, are spurred to creativity through their personal experiences…

— Julia Holter

The only good thing about being depressed is writing the realest music ever

— Anonymous

I don't know why I write really depressing songs. I'm a kind of melancholy guy, I suppose. But I figure I'm about normal.

— Townes Van Zandt

I've been struggling with depression due to a lot going on in my life. And sometimes it doesn't even have to be anything, I…

— Angelina Pivarnick

If I'm kind of sad or depressed, it doesn't necessarily help me to write a song about exactly what I'm depressed about.

— Julia Holter

Depressed Although, my experience when I've been depressed, not only am I too depressed to sit down and write a song, I'm too depressed…

— Paul Westerberg

When I write, I tend toward melancholy, and the few times that I've tried pure joy in music, it doesn't really work that well.…

— Michael Stipe

I can get sad, I can get frustrated, I can get scared, but I never get depressed because theres joy in my life.

— Michael J Fox

It's not about being happy 100 percent all the time, cause that's just life. I make sad songs, too, that really only make the…

— Kyle

Song-writing is therapy for me. I'm a very moody person, very difficult to live with. There's a lot going on and a lot of…

— Gary Numan

Even when I'm in quite a happy state of mind, I like writing really sad songs. I think a lot of people do.

— Ellie Goulding