About Quote by Lou Barlow

Write about it by day and dream about it by night.

— E. B. White

I'm not one of these people who sits down and writes to say I'm gonna write a song about this or that, or a…

— Creed Bratton

Ever since I started writing music, I've wanted to know what the songs are about and to be able to tell stories.

— Jens Lekman

It's tough to know what I'm going to write about. I never really know until it starts happening.

— Lauv

When I come up with an idea about the way I feel, I can really state it strongly in a song.

— Chris LeDoux

I do know what my songs are about.

— Bob Dylan

The very best thing you can do is to try to write a song that has some sort of impact.

— Dar Williams

The way I approach things is from an experimental folk music standpoint.

— Sxip Shirey

I am the kind of songwriter to where I don't have to have experienced it firsthand to write about it.

— Lainey Wilson

I'm just writing songs to process what's going on, whether in my personal life or in my perception of the world.

— Olivia Rodrigo

If something happens to me, you're going to hear about it. I only know how to write songs about my life.

— Taylor Swift

I write to find out about how the world sings.

— Jeanine Tesori