About Quote by Jon Landau

As a songwriter, I'm not necessarily writing about myself or my life.

— Ben Gibbard

All writers write about themselves, just as the old storytellers chose to tell stories that spoke to and about themselves. They call it the…

— Jane Yolen

I consider myself primarily a songwriter first, so the goal is to write songs that might be personal, but that people can translate into…

— Carly Pearce

I've talked with friends about this: when you write about yourself, that's what people connect to. When you write a sermon or a lesson,…

— Lucy Dacus

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

When I write for myself, I just get to be myself.

— Bonnie McKee

Writing music on your own makes you think a lot about your life. Who are you? Would you change anything about yourself? This is…

— Enya

We write about ourselves because we know about ourselves.

— Layne Staley

I'll write about myself, or people I know, or archetypal characters, but the goal is to get at some truth, not to necessarily convey…

— Conor Oberst

I just write about myself all the time, which is a funny one, because I don't really like sharing much stuff with other people,…

— Ben Howard

I learned that the songs that mean the most to me are the songs that I write by myself. While there were people I…

— Benmont Tench

When I'm writing, I'm constantly thinking about myself, because it's the only experience I have to draw on. And I don't see an exact…

— Chester Bennington