Bitter Quote by Johnny Cash

I wrote a lot of really sad songs.

— Ruel

I wrote a song about a guy who broke my heart, and it changed my whole world.

— Carly Pearce

I tried to make a 'When Doves Cry' in a rap version. I used a lot of instruments and I broke it down like…

— Chuck Inglish

I wrote a song for a girl once...she was there and her grandma and her mother was there...I made them all cry.

— Cody Simpson

I didn't want to write a sad song to remind me of the fact that I'm always moving around. I wanted something to cheer…

— Alice Merton

I wanted to write an upbeat song where I could feel good about the fact that I've moved around so much and not sad…

— Alice Merton

Those situations were just taking over my entire life. It was fun to write in a way, because it helped me take a really…

— Nicole Atkins

In Mudcrutch we all wrote songs, and when it got to the focus on Tom and the Heartbreakers, I kept writing songs, but it…

— Benmont Tench

I write a lot of sad songs!

— Lauv

I did the co-writing thing all through the '90s and I got one hit out of it - a Keith Urban song called 'But…

— Jane Wiedlin

Sam [Phillips] wanted I Walk The Line up - you know, up-tempo. And I put paper in the strings of my guitar to get…

— Johnny Cash

I remember thinking that writing love songs was stupid and cliche, and that my job was to not write love songs, because there are…

— Caroline Polachek