Body Quote by Ryan Adams

I make my songs slightly abstract so that people can interpret them their own way. I think that's a lot more special, so you…

— Eliot Sumner

I find myself improvising a lot. But, sometimes I'll come us with a chorus or just one line and it will sort of hang…

— Kate Brown

I like the idea of letting the music do its own work and the stories being more expressionful - if that's a word -…

— Johnny Flynn

I'm no longer beholden to the sacredness of the recorded song as some kind of ultimate standard by which every performance of the song…

— Sufjan Stevens

I've found that as I've learned to improvise melodically, it seems like I can come up with a bigger variety of stuff. I kind…

— Paul Gilbert

I like the idea that a song can be something that you can lean on, both for the songwriter and for the person who…

— Rostam Batmanglij

I like having that juxtaposition where you can have a very triumphant sounding song and then throw in all this crazy imagery. That's part…

— Brendon Urie

It's important to me to create archetypes of human experiences and make them so that the song has a sense of purpose when you…

— Weyes Blood

I think improvisation is really crucial in terms of making things feel real and authentic.

— Dan Mazer

I love when people mirror themselves in my music, and I think that's the whole point of it - not telling people what it…

— Robyn

I always think it's more interesting to leave the context of those songs a little vague. Like, all these songs come from me, and…

— Alex G

I feel like the actual, the most beautiful thing about a song is that it is something that goes out there in the universe…

— PJ Harvey