Accuracy Quote by Michael Gira

The songs are not necessarily autobiographical. A lot of songs are a combination of influences. It might be some part of my life, or…

— Tracy Chapman

I watch artists say they wrote all these songs and don't mention anybody else who was involved, and that's fine. I don't expect an…

— Rico Love

I have a knack for writing tribute songs for people who will never know about them.

— Steve Forbert

Songs are kind of alive, I think; once you finish writing them, that doesn't mean that that's it for the song. It can have…

— Norah Jones

Just because I write in the first person doesn't mean that all my songs are autobiographical.

— Thalia Zedek

I was able to notice in a very early stage, there were discrepancies between the people who are writing the songs and discrepancies about…

— Owen Pallett

You know, I think so much about relatability when it comes to songwriting, and this experience of being in the limelight isn't necessarily everyone's…

— Laufey

People get strange about whether you've written your own songs, which seems really stupid considering that, especially in Country Music, it's about oral tradition…

— Neko Case

The songs I write should only be gauged by what other writers or peers are doing today. If the barometer for all songwriters was…

— Jakob Dylan

Some of the songs are inspired by personal things that have happened. Others have been inspired by other people's stories, you know, like someone…

— Katie Melua

Even though other people wrote my songs I put my stamp on them. I have a connection, but there is no truer connection than…

— Justin Guarini

In writing the autobiography, I can really chuckle when I look at the songs. I was acting out the part. I saw myself as…

— Boy George