Art Quote by Erik Parker

I think I'm just trying to be myself and write songs that are honest. That's what I hear in artist's that I like.

— Michael Gungor

Songs are about just being totally honest and putting those words to music,

— Tom Odell

It's hard to think back. I didn't even know I was going to do it, make actual records. But I was always making up…

— Stephen Malkmus

I just try to stay honest with myself and in doing that I feel like the songs are going to resonate.

— Corey Smith

So it's not so much that I set out to do something different, it's just that the songs themselves require their own individual voice…

— Ben Harper

So rather than really have, like a close relationship to anything that's coming out today, people are just, they've got it on as background…

— Mos Def

No artist is one-dimensional. I get the sense that if I push myself now and if I create a million different-sounding songs - I…

— Jade Bird

You can tell an honest artist from one who's just given all their songs.

— Rita Ora

I've always been an artist who's about being real and about telling the truth and making music with integrity and talking about something.

— Santigold

I just try to create music from an honest place.

— Jimmie Allen

I think to try to make new music and new ideas, you have to push the boundaries of existing music.

— Ludwig Goransson

You do try to write songs that you feel like people can relate to and you try to be as honest as you can…

— Sevyn Streeter