Inspiration Quote by Lily Allen

When I hit a period of not being able to write music, I get up and walk away. It's pretty mean but it's true.

— Lily Allen

I've actually broken up with boyfriends for inspiration.

— Lily Allen

Writing music is such a freeing exercise, and it's really nice to play in that world of being confident, vengeful - getting back at…

— Gin Wigmore

I'm a songwriter, my love of music has never left me and I literally don't seem to be able to stop writing songs, they…

— Mick Hucknall

Most of the times that I've written break-up songs, it's been different because I was always trying to get back to something: get back…

— Lou Barlow

I literally wrote breakup songs before I ever held a boy's hand.

— Olivia Rodrigo

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

Sometimes I'll write a song. When I've gone through something really hard in my life, sometimes it's other people's music. Other times it's actually…

— Jack Johnson

When I stopped trying to write songs, that's when I'm able to begin writing songs. You have to just use your life, and the…

— Lenny Kravitz

I keep going back to love when I write songs because I can't figure it out.

— Taylor Swift

I don't really write songs anymore.

— Justin Vernon

If I'm not writing songs about things I've actually been through, it ruins the idea of making music to me.

— Austin Carlile