Everything Quote by Julia Holter

In all my songs, I take on roles and play characters. It's a unique way to explore ideas and decisions I might not think…

— Jack White

When I'm writing a song, I try to be the character.

— Stephen Sondheim

When I write songs, I'm just writing stories, and being in musical theatre taught me how to act them out through singing.

— Anne-Marie

When I'm creating characters, I definitely think of theme songs. Writing for me is very visual, so I sometimes think of it in terms…

— Marisha Pessl

I like to consider myself a narrator of sorts for my friends and I feel like songs are a perfect way to do that.

— Maisie Peters

I started writing songs as character explorations.

— Noah Reid

Songs will always become a story in some way. I think it's my strongpoint as a writer musically. I don't shy away from it.…

— Mike Stud

I get some flak for and some resistance from colleagues for because I'm interested in storytelling. I mean what I like about songwriting is…

— Stephen Sondheim

I've made storylines through dance to complement the music. It's all about enhancing the singing and acting. It's been an amazing learning curve for…

— Oti Mabuse

When it comes to production and the overall sound, I don't really have a lot of intentions with it. I start off with melody…

— Verite

I put myself into character for my songs.

— Michelle Branch

I always did go against the singer-songwriter form. I think I've always had a lot of storytelling songs.

— Jill Sobule