Bigs Quote by Rivers Cuomo

I've always been drawn to the real stuff and the stuff that feels authentic. And so when I'm writing songs, that's what I try…

— Aubrie Sellers

I've never written a song in my life. It's all a big hoax.

— Elvis Presley

In order for me to write, I have to experience life. I write the songs based on real life, and I perform them from…

— Estelle

A lot of my songs are fantasy. I can dream up all kinds of things. That's the kind of world I live in. It's…

— Freddie Mercury

I just write songs that I strongly believe in and that are coming from inside. There's no tricks. It's honesty with big melodies.

— Bruno Mars

Sometimes I make up songs, and they're just strictly fiction. Other times, I draw on things that have happened in my life or friends,…

— J. J. Cale

I just keep it real, and I have written songs from my heart and performed them how they should be performed.

— Craig David

All my songs come from me because I only seem able to write about myself and my experiences.

— Laura Marling

A lot of our songs are based in reality but imagined or using fictional characters as a way to write about something. I think…

— Dan Smith

I feel like I'm real honest in my music. Even if it ends up being an exaggeration or a fantasy, it's a fantasy that's…

— Syd

People can hear my songs are coming from something real. I mean what I say; I'm not just writing to impress critics or young…

— Bruno Mars

You have to remember that writing those sorta songs is not reality, it's more like trance, dream, y'know, like dreamwork. The mythical thing can…

— Van Morrison