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Any one thing can get in the way of you and your brain being comfortable and being inspired. It's the difference between a really…

— Lauv

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

The most important ingredient to making a song work is the magic. You've got a melody, you've got words, but on the more successful…

— Paul McCartney

There's no formula for choosing songs. I've beeen lucky over the years. You just hear it and you do it.

— Anne Murray

To make a song is a gift, and once it's done it keeps evolving and changing and becomes a tool to interact with other…

— Ryan Adams

There are a couple different factors that play into the decision of which songs to cover. It could either be we're really inspired by…

— Mitch Grassi

Sometimes a song indicates that it wants to be about a certain thing. And then if you write it, you find that it is…

— Jesse Harris

Sometimes something becomes a lot better. It's like a puzzle . You can't force a round brick into a square. It's a delicate thing.…

— Oh Land

I try to choose the songs that really are basically coming from my heart. I think that through the songs that I select, people…

— Diana Ross

There are times when I want to be plainspoken about my feelings in a song. But there are other times when it's really good…

— Ryan Adams

I grew up listening to topical music - songs that were about things. So when I write songs, a lot of the time, they're…

— Santigold