Commentary Quote by Damian Marley

I write and sing about whatever I am able to understand and feel.

— Bill Withers

Everything I write tends to come from my own personal experiences, or from people close to me that I'm singing about.

— Bill Ward

I like to write songs that people can identify with and sing along to.

— Jay Sean

I mean, I think everything I do kinda follows a theme. I only write about a couple of things like some sort of social…

— Everlast

I think to really write songs, you need empathy. You have to put yourself in other people's shoes.

— Ryan Bingham

I like to write my own songs rather than merely singing what has been handed over to you.

— Shibani Dandekar

I never really focus on writing for other people, to be honest. Every song I've ever written was for me to sing. Maybe if…

— Skylar Grey

I'm just writing songs about how I feel or about how people I know feel.

— Elliott Smith

I really, really like writing songs.

— Debbie Harry

I like to consider myself a narrator of sorts for my friends and I feel like songs are a perfect way to do that.

— Maisie Peters

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

— Martha Wainwright

I don't know how other people have a topic or have a goal when making a song, like, 'Let's write about this, or let's…

— Jessie Reyez