Anything Quote by Matty Healy

Songs are about whatever you want them to be about. For me it might mean something completely different than what it means to you.…

— Norah Jones

Sometimes a song indicates that it wants to be about a certain thing. And then if you write it, you find that it is…

— Jesse Harris

I find great beauty in songs with a creative interpretation, but most people generally don't get that, and go for the simple songs, but…

— Anonymous

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

I think I'm a maker of songs, and songs are like films or a picture: You put them over there, and they have nothing…

— PJ Harvey

I love songs because by nature they are concise; they sum up. I try to use as few words as possible. It's usually funnier…

— Cass McCombs

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

It's very important to me that every person takes away their own meaning from a song, and it's why I don't always love spelling…

— Aubrie Sellers

I like the idea that a song can be about a romantic relationship, but it can also about a relationship to your career, or…

— Rostam Batmanglij

Songs are not better just because they're emotionally honest. To write a song well, you have to put some work into it and grind…

— Jakob Dylan

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

— Lauren Mayberry

Melodies are far more interesting. They are there, in your face, in certain sections of the songs. People do complain about the melody thing,…

— Scott Walker