Internal struggle Quote by Corey Smith

I write songs about real things... The subject dictates the mood and it goes from there, really.

— John Mayall

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

— Gary Allan

I write songs about what I go through.

— Taylor Swift

I always seem to write personal songs; that's always been my go-to thing, to write about what I'm experiencing.

— Martha Wainwright

Music, or the type of music that I'm writing, is very personal.

— SZA

I don't write songs for myself anymore. I only write songs on assignment. It's purely a business, but it is still so important to…

— Alan Menken

I don't think talking about myself making songs is a very interesting topic, there are so many other more engaging things to think about…

— Jeffrey Lewis

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

It's hard to write music for specific things, because I'm always writing just to write.

— Kris Allen

I always write my music based on what is going on in my life at the time.

— Janet Jackson

I've always written songs, even when I wasn't doing anything with my personal life in music.

— Leif Garrett

I write songs about things that I'm simultaneously trying not to think about.

— Warren Zevon