Come up Quote by John Prine

I think I'm just trying to be myself and write songs that are honest. That's what I hear in artist's that I like.

— Michael Gungor

I don't really see how any song can not feel contrived if it isn't honest, and how could I write honest songs if I…

— Lily Allen

I usually can be more honest writing songs than actually talking to people.

— Joshua Radin

Songs are about just being totally honest and putting those words to music,

— Tom Odell

I just like traditional songs that come from an honest place, and they make you feel something and tell a story and they flow…

— Robert Coppola Schwartzman

I think that people respond to honesty in music, so I only choose songs that are the truth for me.

— Alison Krauss

I've found for the last couple of years that the things that I can become most deeply involved with are songs that reflect my…

— Neil Diamond

As a youngster when I started writing and stuff, I did actually write more from other people's perspectives. When I hit 18 and something…

— Sam Smith

I just tried to come up with some honest songs. What I was writing about was real plain stuff that I wasn't sure was…

— John Prine

It's truthful - every single song is an extension of me and a truthful piece of inspiration from my past or something I'm currently…

— Bazzi

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

I'm not writing just classic-sounding songs, but songs that come from experience.

— Leon Bridges