Family Quote by Jacob Anderson

I tend to write songs critiquing myself. The best way for me to deal with stuff is to write a song about it... That's…

— Ty Segall

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 write most songs randomly. They don't always deal with something I've been through but something I think is important to tell.

— Tony Oller

Sometimes I'll write a song. When I've gone through something really hard in my life, sometimes it's other people's music. Other times it's actually…

— Jack Johnson

When something is bothering me, I write a song that tells my feelings.

— Loretta Lynn

I write songs all the time. Sometimes they're just weird songs I sing while changing a baby, or songs about annoying things that I…

— James Murphy

When you write songs, you try to tap into something that isn't straightforward in your head. Whatever you're feeling most strongly about usually comes…

— Luke Pritchard

I always seem to write personal songs; that's always been my go-to thing, to write about what I'm experiencing.

— Martha Wainwright

I write songs about stuff that I can't really get past personally - and then I write a song about it and I feel…

— Amy Winehouse

Very often, writing a song is a process that happens to me rather than one that I instigate. I feel a song coming on…

— Kat Edmonson

I still maintain the fact that when I write songs, I don't know what I'm doing. I don't think about it pragmatically. I say…

— Charli XCX

I write songs about things that I'm simultaneously trying not to think about.

— Warren Zevon