Always Quote by Jim James

Songs are like anything else - they dictate to you which ones go together and which ones don't.

— Brian Fallon

I usually tell somebody if a song’s for them. I don’t always tell them if it’s about them.

— Guy Garvey

The songs I write are about searching, and they're ambiguous - always to be understood in different ways.

— Donovan

Some people try and tell you what the songs are about and it bores me to death.

— Lars Ulrich

When I'm listening to a song, it's the lyrics and the stories they tell that matter most to me.

— Sara Evans

You can tell when a song has come from the heart and is genuine, and it moves you more when you can tell the…

— Arlo Parks

I obviously have a different connection to each song in a different way, and they all mean something different to me.

— Melanie Martinez

Since I was a kid, I've always felt like songs were saying things to me.

— JP Saxe

Every song is different.

— Dimebag Darrell

I always hate explaining away songs, because for me they mean something, and for other people, they'll mean something absolutely different.

— Martin Gore

You don't always get lucky enough to have songs that can breathe and shift meaning. But every once in a while you open up…

— Denison Witmer

Certain songs by hearing the rhythm, it tells you that is either a love song or you might be heartbroken or the songs give…

— Dennis Brown