Anxious Quote by Gene Kelly

I try to tell a story musically in a song.

— Barry White

When I start a song, I have an image and a story. In many ways, it's more like painting than making music.

— Goldie

You gotta make sure the listener is listening to you, so if you put it into a song, often times, if the song is…

— Frank Ocean

I love telling a story through song. It helps me take it to a deeper place.

— Josh Segarra

I usually don't write songs by people calling me and saying, 'Write a song about this.' Usually I'm just going with what I want…

— Diane Warren

I see pictures in my mind and become the character in the song as I'm writing. It's kind of method songwriting, where you're the…

— Diane Warren

I try to write from a really honest place when I write pop music and carry the song into a more deep and more…

— Lady G

I've always written about other artists, or I write my thoughts down, but I've never written a story.

— Laurie Simmons

I write songs when I need to. That's how I write songs: when there's something that's bugging me. If something's troubling me, and I…

— Jacob Anderson

Sometimes I make up songs, and they're just strictly fiction. Other times, I draw on things that have happened in my life or friends,…

— J. J. Cale

Ever since I can remember, I've always wanted to tell stories, but I never had the patience to sit down at a typewriter and…

— Rob Thomas

As far as the creative process goes, I always make sure that anything that gets discussed or talked about in the record is true…

— Bridget Kelly