About Quote by Jesse Harris

When you write songs, you can't really point out the exact thing you're inspired by. It's more a state or a mood or an…

— Keren Ann

There's a bit of hope that a song can be about anything. If you want to write a song about anything, you can, and…

— M.I.A

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

The reason you write [songs] is because there's something you want to say that is important to you - enough to go through all…

— Emmylou Harris

When you write a song, the goal is not to convey the details of your life. You should write a memoir or something if…

— Conor Oberst

It's true that I can write a song and not really be sure what the meaning of it is.

— James Taylor

When you're writing songs for yourself, as all artists do, it's about 'me.' It's about what you feel and your emotions. You're trying to…

— Curt Smith

When you write songs, you gotta be like a receiving station: you gotta be aware of what's going on around you. I never know…

— Tony Joe White

Songs are about whatever you want them to be about. For me it might mean something completely different than what it means to you.…

— Norah Jones

The thrill of writing songs for other people, when you get that right, that person's soul speaks to that song; you've done them a…

— LP

It's much easier to write a song for a musical than just writing a song because, writing for a musical, you know what the…

— Leslie Bricusse

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