Alternative music Quote by Lana Del Rey

When I write songs, when I sing songs, I don't have anybody in mind. I'm just trying to express what I think people are…

— El DeBarge

When I'm writing, I'm constantly thinking about myself, because it's the only experience I have to draw on. And I don't see an exact…

— Chester Bennington

When I write songs for myself it's really personal and I just can't have someone else singing it.

— Sky Ferreira

I've done a lot of writing for other people, other projects, and what I tried to do with the music I'm putting out for…

— Teddy Geiger

Even when I don't think I'm writing, I'm writing. There's some part of my brain geared toward making songs up, and I know it's…

— Jeff Tweedy

When writing songs, especially if they're kinda semi-true to you, a lot of people hide behind whatever their idea of themselves is in the…

— El-P

I never really focus on writing for other people, to be honest. Every song I've ever written was for me to sing. Maybe if…

— Skylar Grey

Everything I write tends to come from my own personal experiences, or from people close to me that I'm singing about.

— Bill Ward

I always seem to write personal songs; that's always been my go-to thing, to write about what I'm experiencing.

— Martha Wainwright

Writing music on your own makes you think a lot about your life. Who are you? Would you change anything about yourself? This is…

— Enya

I feel like I'm always gonna sing and write songs because it's me.

— India Arie

As a songwriter, I'm not necessarily writing about myself or my life.

— Ben Gibbard