Desire Quote by Ed Kowalczyk

It's rare when I feel like I can extract a lyrical message out of combining two things together.

— Girl Talk

Sometimes I feel like I finish a song, and there's another song that I have to write in response to that song. Each is…

— Cass McCombs

'Take Me Apart' doesn't feel cohesive in a singular way but in a varied way. You can fixate on individual songs, and there are…

— Kelela

There's no way anyone's going to understand my own personal experiences, where the songs came from, because they're mine. But I was very conscious…

— Conor O'Brien

I have more of a desire to write songs about being an independent woman than being in love, songs about getting up and moving…

— Anonymous

I feel like artists and their lyrics are something that people can relate to when it comes to love and break-ups. I really want…

— Jessica Sanchez

My album focuses on unrequited love quite a lot because I don't think it's spoken about enough in music. I've been through it myself…

— Sam Smith

Most of the lyrics are rooted in my own experiences. But there is some sheer fabrication.

— Max Tundra

Every song has a different genesis, or feeling. Usually the lyrics, I don't really know what it's all about, I just kinda do it.…

— Stephen Malkmus

I've programmed myself musically to come up with love-feeling tracks that are romantic, sexy, but classy, all in one. And that's the challenge. Once…

— R. Kelly

When I look at the majority of my own songs they really came from my own sense of personal confusion or need to express…

— Annie Lennox

In so many of my songs, I'm trying to touch on various aspects of love.

— Five for Fighting