Memoir Quote by Russell Mael

Once I release a song, it's not just about me or the people... I write about. They're my stories, but they're not really mine…

— Jens Lekman

I'm not into this memoir craze that's been going on for 20 years now and doesn't seem to ever let up. People just indiscriminately…

— Richard Hell

When anybody starts out with a memoir, you get the impulse to tell your own story with your own voice, and you get all…

— Dave Eggers

I think it's important to have a narrative and to have a point with your music and to be going somewhere with it.

— Benny the Butcher

I never wanted/expected to write a memoir, but this life thing, it has a way of sideswiping our worlds, scaring us so thoroughly that…

— Joshua Mohr

I wouldn't say that my songs are autobiographical.

— George Harrison

Anyone who tries to write a memoir needs to keep in mind that what's interesting to you isn't necessarily interesting to a reader.

— Mitch Albom

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

Just because I write in the first person doesn't mean that all my songs are autobiographical.

— Thalia Zedek

I very much dislike writing about myself or my work, and when pressed for autobiographical material can only give a bare chronological outline which…

— Shirley Jackson

The stuff I write isn't strictly autobiographical, but it's personal, if that makes any sense. It draws all these little incidents and people out…

— Diablo Cody

I always have to remember that I am the narrator, but it doesn't have to be about me. A lot of songwriting is about…

— Ryan Adams