Bases Quote by Nick Cave

I write songs that are like diary entries. I have to do it in order to feel sane.

— Taylor Swift

I write about things I care about, like any songwriter, whether it's a personal thing or not.

— Declan McKenna

I like to write from my life and the relationships that make it up. I think its important to use music to change people's…

— Hoodie Allen

I've always felt profoundly about what's going on in the world on a daily basis. What I hadn't felt was that I was at…

— PJ Harvey

I think I started writing because no one had ever told me you can write about the things you know in a musical. They…

— Lin-Manuel Miranda

I'm writing constantly about all my crazy experiences across the world, so I have a lot of music I've already written.

— Kesha

I always write my music based on what is going on in my life at the time.

— Janet Jackson

I always seem to write personal songs; that's always been my go-to thing, to write about what I'm experiencing.

— Martha Wainwright

I write in a diary every night to collect my thoughts. It's very therapeutic to songwrite, because it's the same thing.

— Ella Mai

If I'm not writing about myself, then I sit down with people I really dig writing with and throw 'em out and see if…

— Kacey Musgraves

I like to write songs about what's happening, what I see around me and what I hear. Everyday life. Someone may be talking to…

— Desmond Dekker

Sometimes I write music, sometimes I don't. I think I'm just writing more what's close to my heart, and musical stuff is close to…

— Rachel Bloom