Assuming Quote by Elliott Smith

It bugs me that people think my songs are personal because it means I have to explain myself all the time.

— Ray LaMontagne

I'm sick of being self-referential. I don't want to do any more songs that can be accused of being personal.

— Marianne Faithfull

Most of the songs I wrote are personal.

— Matthew Morrison

I think my music is more personal than most of the music I'm hearing.

— Dave East

For some reason, I'm really comfortable talking about my personal life in songs.

— Taylor Swift

My music is a personal thing, and I feel like if I talk too much about the songs, or if there's too much of…

— Washed Out

Maybe if my songs feel personal, that's very nice. I like that. I take that as a great compliment.

— Kate Bush

I think my music is so personal that it lets people in. And they identify with me more because of that, you know, so…

— G-Eazy

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

My songs are self-explanatory... somebody pointed out to me that... my songs pretty much speak for themselves.

— Christine McVie

There's definitely some pieces in there that reflect on my personal life, but really, they aren't as personal as everybody thinks they are. I…

— Kurt Cobain

Writing songs is a profession; so it's not an attempt to take things from my interactions with other people and for some reason give…

— Will Oldham