Always Quote by Johnny Van Zant

Whenever I find a song that relates to my current situation, I listen to it over and over.

— Anonymous

I always write my music based on what is going on in my life at the time.

— Janet Jackson

When you write, what's going on in your life shines through in the songs.

— Wayne Static

I try to write relevant songs about life and whatever I'm going through and whatever people are going through.

— Gary Allan

I relate to all of my songs and I'm inspired by everything going on around me. Music comes from all different aspects of my…

— Vanessa Hudgens

The way I look at life, whatever I'm doing at that time in my life is going to be reflected in my songs, for…

— Lucinda Williams

When I make music I try to do something that people can relate to.

— Rosalia

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

I associate times with certain music. It still is that for me. It's telling the story of our lives.

— James Hetfield

I try to make music for people to relate to, and I like to keep it realistic.

— Young M.A

I'm just writing songs to process what's going on, whether in my personal life or in my perception of the world.

— Olivia Rodrigo

I feel like people, when it comes to music, whatever genre, they relate to the story more than just the song.

— Chamillionaire