Me Quote by Darren Hayes

Writing a song is a personal thing, and you have to have a lot of trust to try things and not be embarrassed.

— Julia Stone

I found it was really impossible for me to write songs when I couldn't sing.

— Rosanne Cash

Being a songwriter, you are accepting that this isn't about you. If you do want it to be about you, you're going to be…

— Justin Tranter

Very often, writing a song is a process that happens to me rather than one that I instigate. I feel a song coming on…

— Kat Edmonson

When writing songs, especially if they're kinda semi-true to you, a lot of people hide behind whatever their idea of themselves is in the…

— El-P

I have never composed a song keeping in mind that I should touch any social issues.

— Atif Aslam

When I write songs for myself it's really personal and I just can't have someone else singing it.

— Sky Ferreira

None of my songs are written 'about' someone or something, they all just sort of tumble out unannounced, like the worst kind of house…

— St. Lucia

Originally I was not writing songs for myself.

— Smokey Robinson

I'll never sing something that I've never been through. So even if I didn't write it, I have to have at least experienced it.

— Jana Kramer

I have a really hard time writing my own lyrics for this record, because one, I had to write so many and also I…

— Kim Gordon

There's certain things as a songwriter that I don't really care to write about, and there are certain things I won't sing about anymore.…

— Randy Houser