Explicit Quote by M. Ward

I love when a song is so specific that there's not much room for interpretation.

— Gracie Abrams

Meanings of all songs come after they are recorded. Someone else has to interpret them

— John Lennon

I don't actually like explaining the meanings of my songs, because I think people can take away more from it if they use their…

— Reeve Carney

I don't like to get too specific about lyrics. It places limitations on them, and spoils the listeners' interpretation.

— David Gilmour

Frankly, I mean, sometimes the interpretations I've seen on some of the songs that I've written are a lot more interesting than the input…

— David Bowie

When I write the songs, I don't dictate how people should interpret them.

— Billy Squier

I can tell what inspired the songs for me, or what I was thinking and feeling at the time. But I don't want that…

— Nicholas Thorburn

Normally the meaning of the songs, if there is any, occurs to me after I've written the song.

— St. Lucia

I always hate explaining away songs, because for me they mean something, and for other people, they'll mean something absolutely different.

— Martin Gore

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

I've only recorded my own songs. I don't consider myself a great singer, so I wouldn't be comfortable interpreting other people's songs.

— Gilbert O'Sullivan

It's true that I can write a song and not really be sure what the meaning of it is.

— James Taylor