Always Quote by Mary Gauthier

I am a songwriter. I do get to put my personal experiences in song.

— Melissa Etheridge

I've lived through a lot of dark environments one way or another while growing up and that has influenced my songwriting.

— Aimee Osbourne

in darkness and in hedges I sang my sour tone and all my love was howling conspicuously alone.

— W. D. Snodgrass

I had deeper, more reflective songs on the first album.

— Bubba Sparxxx

I used to do a lot of dark and strong songs.

— Jennie

I struggled with a lot of doubts around my songwriting and around what I was and what my purpose and mission were.

— Jens Lekman

I write songs and I sing them from the deepest part of my existence and I hope they connect with the deepest part of…

— Ben Harper

Songwriting was my own journey. I never fit in with structure in songwriting.

— Dawn Richard

I have always been fascinated by dark and mysterious stuff. I guess I have a pretty dark and gloomy side. Writing songs saves me…

— Gavin Rossdale

A songwriter's heart is pure when they have the desire to keep digging deeper into music. And invariably, when you dig deeper it always…

— Jack White

Songwriting is too mysterious and uncontrolled a process for me to direct it towards any one thing.

— James Taylor

Throughout my career as a songwriter, I've had a knack for writing songs that were about me and my life experiences and observations.

— Richie Sambora