Able Quote by Regina Spektor

Any individual is capable of realizing the truth at any time. No tradition is necessary, no chain, no lineage. Once you have realized the…

— Frederick Lenz

There aren't enough songs about how you feel about your friends. Friendship's far more complicated than a romantic relationship, isn't it?

— Ellie Rowsell

When I hear heartbreak songs, I always feel like, 'O.K. that's exactly how I feel... I'm not the only person who fell in love…

— Kim Petras

So I just try to be me and feel the songs and feel the energy of the band with me.

— Jeff Gutt

When you're a songwriter, people wonder about your personal life and the meanings behind the songs, and that can feel pretty invasive, so you…

— Will Sheff

When you make a solo record, it's you. It's your name. It has to be the right songs for how you feel. It just…

— Jenny Lewis

I like to keep the big dynamic changes between my songs, so that album songs feel radically different from each other.

— Tarja Turunen

If and when I do get "down," the last thing on my mind is writing a song. Usually, being bummed just involves lying around…

— Wooden Wand

You do try to write songs that you feel like people can relate to and you try to be as honest as you can…

— Sevyn Streeter

I just write songs whenever I feel like it, whenever they come to me.

— Cass McCombs

There are definitely some songs more than others where I feel like I'm reliving a moment in time.

— Maisie Peters

I was a teenager in the '80s, and I was always a bit dismissive of Houston, as I think a lot of people who…

— Kevin Macdonald

I saw that something changed in terms of the way I approach writing. I don't know. Before, everything was just sort of pieced together;…

— Alex Turner

This 'Making Mirrors' album is far more personal, even if there's a character element to the sounds I'm working with. Every song on this…

— Gotye

When I deal with my struggles in my songs, I feel like most people are going to identify with my struggles because they are…

— Corey Smith