Being honest Quote by Katy Perry

I write my songs because I've lived them.

— Katy Perry

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

— Melissa Etheridge

I sing songs that I have lived or I write them because I have lived them. I think the believability factor is key.

— Kelly Clarkson

I don't know that I'm unique in that people relate to my music, but I would hope people would say that I'm honest and…

— Bonnie Raitt

I usually can be more honest writing songs than actually talking to people.

— Joshua Radin

I'll always write music. Whether I release a record, whether I let the public hear it or not, I'm always writing music.

— Brian McKnight

I consider myself a songwriter before anything else. The fact that I have been able to write both of my records and establishing myself…

— Kate Voegele

I'm a songwriter; it's in my nature to express things openly.

— Matt Bellamy

I'm not an author, but as a songwriter, I'm afforded this kind of luxurious ambiguity in songs of being able to confess the secrets…

— Finneas

You do try to write songs that you feel like people can relate to and you try to be as honest as you can…

— Sevyn Streeter

I'm not just a singer-songwriter doing songs in the key of me.

— Arlo Guthrie

I write songs about my own experiences. You can't lie to yourself. You can't pose to yourself.

— James Blunt