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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

I'm a songwriter; it's in my nature to express things openly.

— Matt Bellamy

When you're a songwriter, people wonder about your personal life and the meanings behind the songs, and that can feel pretty invasive, so you…

— Will Sheff

One of the greatest tools you have as a songwriter is anonymity. If someone knows too much about the songwriter, they don't get to…

— Shane McAnally

I think a lot about the morality of songwriting, and the line in the sand I've arrived at is that sharing your feelings about…

— JP Saxe

I'm the perfect amount of guarded. I don't reveal too much, and I never reveal who the songs are about. They are real life.…

— Kelly Clarkson

It's the meanest thing to abuse your power as a songwriter. To write pointedly about someone... it's kind of unfair to use them. They…

— Mark Foster

Songwriting is too mysterious and uncontrolled a process for me to direct it towards any one thing.

— James Taylor

As a songwriter, I have a duty to keep my heart on my sleeve because no one else will tell that story.

— Griff

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 am a songwriter. I do get to put my personal experiences in song.

— Melissa Etheridge

Actually, I never tell for whom my songs are written. It's a kind of superstition! I started writing songs for not having the courage…

— Enrique Iglesias