Art Quote by Chrisette Michele

In order for me to write, I have to experience life. I write the songs based on real life, and I perform them from…

— Estelle

I try to write life and not songs. People live life, and when you write life, you're going to mess around and touch somebody's…

— R. Kelly

I am a songwriter. I do get to put my personal experiences in song.

— Melissa Etheridge

I definitely use life experiences. For me, it's extremely hard to write about something I don't know anything about. If I've never been angry,…

— Brianna Taylor

The more I do in my life, the more I can write music about new experiences.

— Ken Hill

Why be in music, why write songs, if you can't use them to explore life or an idealized vision of life?

— Rufus Wainwright

Being an artist is not only what you do, but how you live your life.

— Ben Shahn

I try to write relevant songs about life and whatever I'm going through and whatever people are going through.

— Gary Allan

I'm just writing songs to process what's going on, whether in my personal life or in my perception of the world.

— Olivia Rodrigo

I try and absorb all the things that I respect in the artist's I've worked with.When we work with someone on, Live From Daryl's…

— Eliot Lewis

When I stopped trying to write songs, that's when I'm able to begin writing songs. You have to just use your life, and the…

— Lenny Kravitz

The way I look at life, whatever I'm doing at that time in my life is going to be reflected in my songs, for…

— Lucinda Williams