Carried away Quote by Imogen Heap

Sometimes when you're writing a song and that song comes into your head, it definitely comes from somewhere, like a real experience.

— Vance Joy

It's just like an idea, like a chorus, and then we just jam on it - it happens in loads of different ways. The…

— Luke Pritchard

I do experience something pretty commonly with every song; there's some moment where it clicks into its own life with its own emotional impact…

— Mirah

Sometimes it's nice to be able to reflect on the music itself and then write lyrics that I feel anyone can relate to. It's…

— Dave Matthews

Every song I've ever written has been based in reality, based in fact, things that happen to me.

— Ne-Yo

I always try to write about something that's actually happened or it doesn't always have to have happened to me, but it has to…

— Joss Stone

You have to remember that writing those sorta songs is not reality, it's more like trance, dream, y'know, like dreamwork. The mythical thing can…

— Van Morrison

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

— Melissa Etheridge

I do believe that when I'm writing music, I get addicted to the music of the concept of what the outcome of the song…

— Nikki Sixx

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

A lot of times when I'm performing a song, it tends to take me back to where I was psychologically as the lyric was…

— Myles Kennedy

Most of the lyrics are rooted in my own experiences. But there is some sheer fabrication.

— Max Tundra