Barcelona Quote by Manu Chao

We travel so much as touring musicians and artists that sometimes, when you hear a great song that you really think could be on…

— Jon Pardi

With all my songs, I try to pull from personal experiences, like moving and changing locations.

— Shaun Fleming

A lot of writing I do on tour. I do a lot on airplanes. At home, I write a lot, obviously. When I write…

— Pete Townshend

Each day I record I'm always doing something different that I've never done. So I feel like I'm a new artist every time I…

— Tierra Whack

When I record music I like to be in one place and kind of have a base to keep going back to.

— Rita Ora

As a songwriter, I go into the studio, and I just try to write a great song.

— Luis Fonsi

I've also been writing for other artists, producing other artists, doing some country stuff. Those lyrics I tend to leave more universal.

— Meredith Brooks

I definitely associate songs with the places that I've been.

— Khalid

My day job is that I write songs for other artists and if I'm not on the road I'm in my studio.

— Chesney Hawkes

You never forget where you were when you write a song; it's a very proper memory, so I knew exactly where I was and…

— Dido Armstrong

I do sometimes go back to my old songs. Some I feel very proud of. They make me wonder, 'How did I do this?'

— Amit Trivedi

But then you have to write a song, so at that point, I picked up the reins and started to write lyrics.

— Jim Capaldi