Havens Quote by Jon Foreman

I am a songwriter. I do get to put my personal experiences in song.

— Melissa Etheridge

I think all of my songs are either based on personal experience or will be based on personal experience, because I do write a…

— Jens Lekman

When I write a song, it is to fill a niche in people's lives. To have a song for every experience if one hadn't…

— Bill Callahan

Everything I write tends to come from my own personal experiences, or from people close to me that I'm singing about.

— Bill Ward

There's always a personal satisfaction in writing a song by yourself. You get the inspiration, and see it through, and you're done. It's focused…

— John Oates

It's inevitable that if you write an album or a song, obviously it's going to come from how you feel. You're writing it for…

— Nicola Roberts

Sometimes I'll write a song. When I've gone through something really hard in my life, sometimes it's other people's music. Other times it's actually…

— Jack Johnson

I will say that a lot of songs that I've written are from my own personal experiences which are special to me.

— Victoria Justice

You know, I think so much about relatability when it comes to songwriting, and this experience of being in the limelight isn't necessarily everyone's…

— Laufey

That's what I love about songwriting - that you can write something about your own experiences and think it's completely specific to you, and…

— Idina Menzel

I write when I have to; I write when the song is done and I deal with the idea and I just go with…

— Kerry King

I think, no matter what, when you're writing songs, most people write about the extremes of their experiences.

— K. Flay