Inspiration Quote by Kevin Parker

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

Out of my entire annual output of songs, perhaps two, or at the most three, came as a result of inspiration. We can never…

— George Gershwin

I always try to write about something that's actually happened or it doesn't always have to have happened to me, but it has to…

— Joss Stone

That's the beauty of song writing. You never know when inspiration will come or how it will hit, you just gotta kinda grasp a…

— Kimbra

Every time I write a song I feel really lucky and kind of surprised. Not surprised that I wrote it, but just surprised that…

— Amos Lee

Usually the things that happen in my life are an easy trigger for songwriting.

— Coeur de pirate

I have been inspired by countless artists over the years, but there's also times when you just gotta make your own inspiration.

— Aesop Rock

Every song I've ever written has been based in reality, based in fact, things that happen to me.

— Ne-Yo

Well, I always write when I am inspired, and I am not a constant song-writer.

— Katie Melua

I've always gravitated towards songwriting that happens easily and spontaneously, because those have always been my best songs.

— Jane Wiedlin

If something happens to me, you're going to hear about it. I only know how to write songs about my life.

— Taylor Swift

My music has been inspired by true events in my life.

— Omarion