Assuming Quote by John Mayer

If I have the chance, I would like to write an emotional, sad ballad.

— Jeongyeon

My music and my lyrics are essentially emotional postcards.

— Sarah McLachlan

My job is to write songs that have emotional meaning to me.

— Branford Marsalis

Those emotions that are really strong, the ones that inspire a song, you can hold onto that. You can let it marinate for years…

— Frankie Cosmos

Sometimes I'll have an idea for a story or have a subject, and that will inspire lyrics, but most of the time, hopefully, they…

— Beck

The lyrics are always the last thing I do. I always have a recording of basic tracks and maybe some of the lead work.…

— Tom Scholz

I put my emotions in my music and I want people to relate to that.

— Jazmine Sullivan

The main thing that I've learned, artistically, is that if I'm in pain and feeling the budding of anger - if I absolutely feel…

— Alex Ebert

Even if I'm writing music, it's with a lyric in mind, to communicate some kind of feeling.

— Cass McCombs

Whether it's an inspiring song or whether it's an entertaining song - whatever it might be about it - I just want people to…

— Danny Gokey

I may not be poetic but i'd love to write songs that convey my true feelings.

— Kim Tae-hyung

I'm such an emotional person that when it comes to songwriting, I can click into whatever zone I need.

— Natalie Prass