Born Quote by Freya Ridings

Of everything I've done in my career, or whatever you want to call it, 'Lost' is the purest version of me musically.

— Michael Giacchino

All of my songs are about me and my experiences. They're very literal.

— Lily Allen

Yes, all my songs come from personal experience and relationships.

— Rick Springfield

The songs are inspired by my experiences. Sometimes they are more than my real-life and, conversely, my life is more than just my songs.

— Melissa Etheridge

I will say that a lot of songs that I've written are from my own personal experiences which are special to me.

— Victoria Justice

My independent songs are actually about me, so if you really want to know me, listen to my songs and know what I have…

— Adnan Sami

All my songs come from me because I only seem able to write about myself and my experiences.

— Laura Marling

Albums, with me, have never had an easy birth. Especially when all the songs are self-written songs.

— Marc Almond

All of my music is based off my life experiences.

— Gabriella Wilson

My songs emerge from my life, or wherever they do, unbidden and unplanned and completely on a schedule of their own.

— David Crosby

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

A lot of my songs are about loneliness and losing relationships. Even the ones that are happy, there's a lonely undertone to them.

— Khalid