Harder Quote by Conor Oberst

I've never liked songs that are about writing, or struggling to write. Maybe it's because it's too relatable to me.

— Courtney Barnett

I love story songs because I've always loved books.

— Dolly Parton

I can't write story-songs, like I couldn't write a Bob Dylan or Tom Waits song. I can only write whatever weird phrases come into…

— Jay Watson

I'll take a certain concern of my own or a situation and try to frame it around a fictional story, but sometimes just straight-up…

— Jason Isbell

When people tell really good stories in songs, I really like it.

— Hannah Simone

The easiest songs to write are pure fiction. There is no limit to how you can tell the story. I find it difficult when…

— Jason Mraz

I love songs that tell stories. They make you feel something, something real.

— Daphne Ashbrook

Songs will always become a story in some way. I think it's my strongpoint as a writer musically. I don't shy away from it.…

— Mike Stud

I love telling a story through song. It helps me take it to a deeper place.

— Josh Segarra

I think to me, all songs are stories.

— Regina Spektor

I really like telling stories. When I was a kid, I wanted to write songs. In quite a fundamental, gratifying, childish way, I enjoy…

— Paul Bettany

I get some flak for and some resistance from colleagues for because I'm interested in storytelling. I mean what I like about songwriting is…

— Stephen Sondheim