Ifs Quote by Conor O'Brien

A song is a meaningful thing.

— Doug Walters

My guiding principle when writing with other people is that it's not worth it to give someone a song unless it hurts for me…

— Josh Tillman

It's important to recognize when a song remains important to you.

— Finneas

Sometimes, you sit down to write a song, you don't realize what it's going to mean to somebody other than yourself.

— Luke Combs

The thrill of writing songs for other people, when you get that right, that person's soul speaks to that song; you've done them a…

— LP

I try to write songs just for the song itself. I don't try and think about where it's going to end up, that way…

— Jon Foreman

I've never written songs about relationships. I've written songs about how I feel. The songs are more about me, than another person. That's the…

— Marilyn Manson

When you write an album and you're writing about relationships, the stuff that I've been through in my relationships, 99 percent of it is…

— Kris Allen

Writing a song that really meant so much to me, and having it mean a lot to other people, it's been the most reaffirming…

— Noah Kahan

That's the challenge as a songwriter is that there's only so many things people want to hear about, and relationships is just one of…

— Matthew Ramsey

In the end, when you're writing a really good song, it strikes the right tone.

— Craig Finn

I've written a few songs that have to do with being in a relationship, the bad and the good.

— Victoria Justice