Amazing Quote by Ricky Martin

Songwriting is too mysterious and uncontrolled a process for me to direct it towards any one thing.

— James Taylor

If I'm not writing songs about things I've actually been through, it ruins the idea of making music to me.

— Austin Carlile

Most of my inspiration comes from mistakes, so every time I make a massive mistake, that usually affects me so much that I have…

— Chet Faker

I've kind of shut myself off to a lot of new music because I don't want to be influenced by it.

— Hoodie Allen

I write songs about things that I'm simultaneously trying not to think about.

— Warren Zevon

But at this phase of my life, I want to write and not have to think about whether a song is going to be…

— Scott Weiland

The way I make music reflects the way I think.

— Rosalia

Any one thing can get in the way of you and your brain being comfortable and being inspired. It's the difference between a really…

— Lauv

My inspiration is always what I think my fans want to listen to. I often write about social problems. If I'm not going through…

— Jenni Rivera

If you're not inspired and you're working hard to pull inspiration from somewhere and make a song something it's not, then it's very contrived…

— Halsey

I'm influenced in a million different ways by a million songs that I've heard and digested.

— Dan Mangan

But when I hear a great song, I can't help but be inspired by it, regardless of whatever genre that song falls under.

— Taylor Swift