Character Quote by Jack White

I put myself into character for my songs.

— Michelle Branch

I make a playlist for every character I portray. Music plays a huge part in helping me understand a character. Every time I get…

— Richard Harmon

I started writing songs as character explorations.

— Noah Reid

When I'm writing a song, I try to be the character.

— Stephen Sondheim

I feel like my music is just an extension of my acting. I treat the songs like scenes that tell a story... it's very…

— Grey DeLisle

I do develop characters for songs, and I think of everything as storytelling, in a way. But I don't plan out what they're going…

— Julia Holter

I have a repertoire of songs that I'm proud of, that I've written for my own band. When I do a cover, something that…

— Hugh Dillon

Also, with acting and dancing I portray a predetermined character and story for the most part, with music I have the creative freedom to…

— Alyson Stoner

It always helps me connect with characters, to think about what music they respond to

— Charles Frazier

The songs are always drawn from personal experience; I'm putting myself into my music. I usually am playing myself. It's art, art that represents…

— Steve Grand

I try and absorb all the things that I respect in the artist's I've worked with.When we work with someone on, Live From Daryl's…

— Eliot Lewis

A lot of my songs are about things that concern me personally, not a heightened version of myself or any of the characters that…

— Matt Berry