Eyes Quote by Katie Melua

The songs are inspired by my experiences. Sometimes they are more than my real-life and, conversely, my life is more than just my songs.

— Melissa Etheridge

The songs are not necessarily autobiographical. A lot of songs are a combination of influences. It might be some part of my life, or…

— Tracy Chapman

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 connect music to the emotions that come from relationships, so most of the songs that I write are inspired by those circumstances, emotions,…

— Sam Hunt

I'm inspired to write songs in many different ways - it can come from a melody, a word or phrase or something I have…

— Chris de Burgh

When you write songs, you can't really point out the exact thing you're inspired by. It's more a state or a mood or an…

— Keren Ann

My inspiration for songs is just everyday life. I just write down words about things that have happened to me, people I've met.

— Paolo Nutini

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

Songs sort of come from everywhere - people, places, coffee, the aisles of Target... I tend to write pretty autobiographical so a lot of…

— Matthew Koma

A few things I've noticed about myself as a listener, and the music that I relate to and the music that's continued to mean…

— David Longstreth

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

Most of my songs just come from everyday life experiences - they can just be like really small things have happened in day that…

— Ruel