Challenges Quote by Colin Meloy

I've started writing some songs very secretly.

— Monica Barbaro

If I'm not writing songs about things I've actually been through, it ruins the idea of making music to me.

— Austin Carlile

It's a gift that I have and I became good at it. When I heard my first song I didn't even know that I…

— Rico Love

I realized that I started writing songs to make people feel how I felt, rather than just making them feel something. That's not the…

— Marilyn Manson

I try not to write songs. I would rather emote them, and I found myself going back to my room every night while on…

— Jason Mraz

Sometimes to move forward you have to let go. I figured that out through opening myself up, allowing people into my creative process. It…

— Ingrid Michaelson

A frustration that I've had recently is that a lot of songs that I listen to draw on scenarios that aren't very realistic, so…

— Louis Tomlinson

All my songs come from me because I only seem able to write about myself and my experiences.

— Laura Marling

I really started writing music to challenge myself, to see what I could write.

— Amy Winehouse

I'm not just writing songs that are narrating my life, but everyone else around my age because they're super-relatable.

— Shawn Mendes

I write songs all the time. Sometimes they're just weird songs I sing while changing a baby, or songs about annoying things that I…

— James Murphy

My concern has always been to write songs that my audience, my fans are able to identify with.

— Guru Randhawa