Always Quote by John Mellencamp

Ideas for songs can come from something as simple as a photograph and letting my imagination run wild on an old photograph that I…

— PJ Harvey

A lot of the songs I write are like songs that I've never been able to find on any record, but that I've always…

— Ryan Adams

Most of my songs just come from everyday life experiences - they can just be like really small things have happened in day that…

— Ruel

I'm mostly inspired by relationships and things that are going on in my everyday life. It's hard for me to write songs about things…

— Meiko

All I want a song to do is just to kind of present an idea.

— John Mayer

I usually have a very clear idea of where I want a song to go, sometimes very specific notes, but I'm generally open to…

— John Lennox

I have ideas for songs all the time, but musical ideas, like melodies, really come out when I'm in nature.

— Brett Dennen

I'm always looking for just the right song that has something to say.

— Frankie Knuckles

A song can take you to a special time in your life.

— Kevin James

A good song is like a mannequin - its form makes sense, but there's no life. There should be memorable melody, thoughtful lyric, appropriate…

— Greta Salpeter

Songs for me are like a message in a bottle. You send them out to the world, and maybe the person who you feel…

— Taylor Swift

Every song you're trying to find something that going to connect in different ways but for me the songs that I'm really drawn to…

— Rodney Atkins