Always Quote by Charli XCX

I'm very comfortable singing myself, first of all. Secondly, there's a certain disconnect when you write the song and you have someone else sing…

— Yngwie Malmsteen

I like to write my own songs rather than merely singing what has been handed over to you.

— Shibani Dandekar

Honestly I don't like to write songs that often, only when I feel like I need to and when I've got something that I…

— Matt Thiessen

I never really focus on writing for other people, to be honest. Every song I've ever written was for me to sing. Maybe if…

— Skylar Grey

When I write songs for myself it's really personal and I just can't have someone else singing it.

— Sky Ferreira

I think there's something therapeutic in singing about anything, whether it's what you've written or whether it's someone else's song. I find both satisfying…

— Mark Lanegan

My philosophy on writing a song for myself is that I always, always, always want to write a song. I always want to write…

— Smokey Robinson

I don't really pursue writing songs for other people. I guess one of the things I always think about is a good line in…

— Craig Finn

It's a really personal thing for me to write a song.

— Michael Franti

I love songwriting. It's second to my love for singing in how I express myself.

— Michael Bolton

I feel like I'm always gonna sing and write songs because it's me.

— India Arie

I don't like writing for myself to sing. I prefer to have other people's voices to dispose of in some way that they'll like…

— Matthew Friedberger