Blood Quote by Mary J. Blige

I don't believe people when they say their songs have nothing to do with their personal life.

— Angel Olsen

Life has highs, lows, loud and quiet moments, beautiful ones and ugly ones. Music is a reflection of life.

— Bonobo

Every one of those old songs like "What's My Age Again?" and "All the Small Things" is like a tattoo or a scrapbook or…

— Mark Hoppus

There are people who, like new songs, are in vogue only for a time.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

I've never been interested in diarising my life through song. So much stuff has been done before. So many people have brilliantly articulated the…

— Dan Smith

When you write, what's going on in your life shines through in the songs.

— Wayne Static

I understand that all the songs I write are quite melodramatic and are quite extreme from my perspective, but that's how life feels to…

— Montaigne

Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.

— Berthold Auerbach

A song has to take on character, shape, body and influence people to an extent that they use it for their own devices. It…

— David Bowie

I try not to say exactly what songs are about sometimes, because I feel like it ruins it for people.

— Lauren Mayberry

So much of your life is wrapped up in the songs. All the twists come back, and you go back to that place when…

— John Waite

Every day, the approach to life changes. And that's what music is all about to me.

— Rick Ross