Artist Quote by Emeli Sande

I always want to write a song that really relates to me and that can relate to a broader audience.

— Ruel

I realized early on that my fans are pretty young. 'My Story' is quite a young song and I think it's a good introduction…

— Loren Gray

I'm mostly inspired by relationships and things that are going on in my everyday life. It's hard for me to write songs about things…

— Meiko

People will reach out because they know I'm trying to put my best forward when it comes to subject matter and creation of song.

— Big K.R.I.T

The first album is an introduction, and when people listen to it top to bottom, I want them to know me.

— Kelsea Ballerini

I want people to feel and relate to my songs in their own ways.

— Griff

When I wrote a song, it would have to be from something I was really excited about, or a melody that's been haunting me…

— Brendon Urie

I don't know what the inspiration for most of songs really mean until I finish them. For the most part, I'm going for a…

— Todd Rundgren

It's so easy for me to do a boy-bashing pop song, but to sit down and write honestly about something that's really close to…

— Avril Lavigne

Feeling is always first for me in anything. I think the only way for sure that I know how do that is to write…

— Brother Ali

I started to write songs. And I started to like what I was writing. I think it's a new way for me to express…

— Marion Cotillard

Every single song I write has to feel like it has a beginning, middle, and end, like a movie or a short story.

— Grace Potter