Important Quote by Negash Ali

Sometimes when you're writing a song and that song comes into your head, it definitely comes from somewhere, like a real experience.

— Vance Joy

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

I feel like people, when it comes to music, whatever genre, they relate to the story more than just the song.

— Chamillionaire

The great thing about a song is that no one has to know your story. But if you tell it in a way that…

— Amy Grant

When you listen to the music, you see little movies in your head, and that's the beauty of it, I think. People can make…

— Sune Rose Wagner

I feel like the actual, the most beautiful thing about a song is that it is something that goes out there in the universe…

— PJ Harvey

To write a good song, an artist has to drawn from reality. There has to be some spark from realism that communicates a real…

— Daryl Hall

Songs sort of come from everywhere - people, places, coffee, the aisles of Target... I tend to write pretty autobiographical so a lot of…

— Matthew Koma

“The important thing about songs is that they're just like stories. They don't mean a damn unless there's people listenin' to them.”

— Neil Gaiman

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

— Nick Rhodes

Because the beauty of songs, I think, is if you do it right a lot of people can relate to it in their own…

— Amanda Shires

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