Flesh Quote by Mary Doria Russell

The reason you write [songs] is because there's something you want to say that is important to you - enough to go through all…

— Emmylou Harris

Songs are a way to express what I have felt. A way to understand what happened to me or to other people.

— Yael Naim

Writing songs has always been my first and foremost love, and, you know, whether I continue to have success as an artist or not,…

— Thomas Rhett

Music expresses longing and love and joy better than any piece of dialogue you can ever write.

— Marsha Norman

Our perception of songs that we've written... the meaning changes from day to day... to whatever stage we're at in our life and careers.

— Layne Staley

“For songs are the heart of our memory and they let us live the search for meaning in our lives again and again.”

— Judy Collins

There are five things to write songs about: I'm leaving you. You're leaving me. I want you. You don't want me. I believe in…

— Elvis Costello

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

— St. Lucia

Sang in tones of deep emotion Songs of love and songs of longing.

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

You give me the kind of feeling people write songs about.

— Anonymous

Songs are so all-encompassing; they're the joys and sorrows and pacing of life.

— Neil Diamond

Love songs come in many guises and are seemingly written for many reasons – as declarations or to wound – I have written songs…

— Nick Cave