Being Quote by Lauv

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

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

It's very strange when people get so focused on what a song means, what actual events inspired a song. That gets people really excited…

— Conor Oberst

But when I hear a great song, I can't help but be inspired by it, regardless of whatever genre that song falls under.

— Taylor Swift

I get inspired by a lot, not jut one type of music or so. I listen to a lot of different music, and love…

— Martin Garrix

I've never had trouble finding inspiration for new songs, no matter what I'm doing.

— Ed Kowalczyk

If you're not inspired and you're working hard to pull inspiration from somewhere and make a song something it's not, then it's very contrived…

— Halsey

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

Sometimes to move forward you have to let go. I figured that out through opening myself up, allowing people into my creative process. It…

— Ingrid Michaelson

One of the nice things about songwriting is you can be inspired by absolutely anything.

— Jens Lekman

I can only speak for myself - there were times when I just wasn't inspired by creating music.

— Common

A lot of our songs are based in reality but imagined or using fictional characters as a way to write about something. I think…

— Dan Smith