Going Quote by Paolo Nutini

The songs are inspired by my experiences. Sometimes they are more than my real-life and, conversely, my life is more than just my songs.

— Melissa Etheridge

Songs are a way to express what I have felt. A way to understand what happened to me or to other people.

— Yael Naim

If my songs are being listened to between any other songs, that is awesome, and I'm glad people are getting something out of them.

— John Darnielle

Everything that happens to me gets put into a song. For some reason, I'm really comfortable talking about my personal life in songs. There,…

— Taylor Swift

The main reason we understand what we're doing is because we're the individuals doing it. One of the things that surprises me is that…

— Matthew Healy

I think my songs serve a purpose in a very therapeutic way to do with relationships, very different to do with my opinions on…

— Lapsley

It's very hard for me to think about my songs and attribute some significance to them.

— Jimmy Webb

Most of my songs aren't about me. They're about stuff I've seen.

— Dionne Bromfield

They are very personal, emotional songs - people react to them very strongly.

— Sarah McLachlan

I'm good with songs I haven't written, if I like them. I'm glad I didn't write any of them. I already know how they…

— Bob 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

When you write, what's going on in your life shines through in the songs.

— Wayne Static