Attributes Quote by Matt Tong

People relate to songs so differently. No matter what it's about in reality, people create their own meaning behind it and connect with it…

— Sharon Van Etten

The funny thing is, people's perceptions of what a song is about is usually wrong a majority of the time. But they're still going…

— Vince Gill

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

— Lauren Mayberry

People assume that a lot of pop artists don't write their songs. That, for me, is super frustrating because I think it detracts from…

— Ricki-Lee Coulter

People really do get on their songs and say anything. There's no point.

— Benny the Butcher

If you look at the content of songs people write, it's usually about the things they know best.

— Nick Rhodes

When you do have songs where you're going to say something, some kind of statement about cultural or social stuff, that in general people…

— Catie Curtis

Every single song has its own individual character and you can't treat each song the same way, because it wants to be treated differently…

— Tom Waits

It's just that a lot of songs that are popular right now, they don't have any meaning

— Elliott Smith

People make songs so that somebody else will hear them and want to do them. I guess it's an indication that the songs aren't…

— Tom Waits

I mean, I never want to say who any of my songs are about.

— Olivia Rodrigo

Most songs on the radio are so straightforward and it just doesn't open up people's minds.

— Ryan Ross