Authentic Quote by Lana Del Rey

If you consider the definition of authenticity, it's saying something and actually doing it. I write my own songs. I made my own videos.…

— Lana Del Rey

I really didn't even pick producers. I just picked beats, except for Dre - he's the only producer I knew I wanted to work…

— Nate Dogg

When I've been in rooms helping other artists write songs, I want it to feel authentic to them. So it's a lot of talking…

— G Flip

I really like telling stories. When I was a kid, I wanted to write songs. In quite a fundamental, gratifying, childish way, I enjoy…

— Paul Bettany

It was a lot easier to write songs before I had a record deal, because the record labels and the industry doesn't mean to…

— Ashton Shepherd

It's a gift that I have and I became good at it. When I heard my first song I didn't even know that I…

— Rico Love

Sometimes, but the year I lived in France I started to write songs.

— Carly Simon

You can't get a better education in what it is to write songs until you listen to American soul music.

— Roisin Murphy

The last thing you want to do is write songs about being in a band.

— Matt Berninger

I write songs from the heart, and I don't hold back.

— Laura Mvula

I don't really write songs anymore.

— Justin Vernon

I wanted to write songs that were as good as the covers.

— George Thorogood

I want to write songs that are so sad, the kind of sad where you take someone's little finger and break it in three…

— Nick Cave

What I hope is to really focus on being a songwriter. I'd love to write songs for other people; that's something I'd really like…

— Sinead O'Connor

I don't know what makes a guy want to write songs and sing, but if you've got a message, you want to get it…

— Chris LeDoux