Audience Quote by Jimmie Allen

I've learned as much about writing from songwriters as I have from other writers.

— Greg Iles

That's what's amazing about songwriting: you can write a story that everyone connects to.

— Jamie Lynn Spears

The good thing about songwriting is you don't have to delineate between what's true and what's fiction; records aren't put on the shelf that…

— Jason Isbell

What I envy about musicians is, they have this more direct relationship with the audience. They don't have to go through words. Sure, the…

— Jeff VanderMeer

You know, I think so much about relatability when it comes to songwriting, and this experience of being in the limelight isn't necessarily everyone's…

— Laufey

Songwriting is just like any other kind of writing - it's either fiction or nonfiction. You can even get into philosophy and politics, which…

— J. J. Cale

The trick to songwriting is writing in a poetic enough way that other people can identify with it.

— Lights

The whole point of music is being able to share your story. I've been songwriting for a long time, usually while on the road,…

— Camila Cabello

I am an open book through the songwriting.

— Lara Fabian

My experience with songwriting is usually so confessional, it's so drawn from my own life and my own stories.

— Taylor Swift

I started to feel songwriting was pulling different pieces of my heart out - the more I started writing, the more there was honesty.

— Calum Scott

There's a lot of personal stuff that can go into songwriting but there's also a lot of dramatization and fictionalization. You have to do…

— Norah Jones