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I love telling a story through song. It helps me take it to a deeper place.

— Josh Segarra

I realized music is the most important thing to me and I love writing songs, and I think I had more to say in…

— Chad Gilbert

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've found for the last couple of years that the things that I can become most deeply involved with are songs that reflect my…

— Neil Diamond

I really like telling stories. When I was a kid, I wanted to write songs. In quite a fundamental, gratifying, childish way, I enjoy…

— Paul Bettany

I realized after writing songs for years how important it is. Whether it provides a living for me or not, that creative outlet is…

— Sam Hunt

The fun thing about song writing is that it's just creative. It can be whatever you want it to be. For me, I'm really…

— Kelsea Ballerini

I write most songs randomly. They don't always deal with something I've been through but something I think is important to tell.

— Tony Oller

I don't write songs for myself anymore. I only write songs on assignment. It's purely a business, but it is still so important to…

— Alan Menken

Because I usually write so autobiographically, it's nice to have someone else's story or a visual and just focus on the music.

— Amber Rubarth

As a youngster when I started writing and stuff, I did actually write more from other people's perspectives. When I hit 18 and something…

— Sam Smith

Nothing makes me happier than writing a song that I think is good or that I want to play. Writing songs helps me.

— Nina Nesbitt