Empathy Quote by Ryan Bingham

I never really focus on writing for other people, to be honest. Every song I've ever written was for me to sing. Maybe if…

— Skylar Grey

I have enjoyed writing songs for so long... it felt like in order to make music that I could relate to myself, I would…

— Bridgit Mendler

I feel like songwriting is an experiment in empathy.

— Zooey Deschanel

I feel like if you can make music, and get people to, you know, evoke that feeling out of other people through writing songs,…

— Dr. Luke

I think for many songwriter/performers, you need to go off by yourself and write the songs to begin with, but then you need people…

— Alan Licht

You cannot teach a person how to write songs. It's about being your own person and following your instincts.

— Kiesza

I was always writing music anyway. I just sort of fell into it. Writing for me is a therapeutic process.

— Lisa Marie Presley

I feel a duty to write because I can write songs.

— Justin Hayward

Writing for yourself is like exposing your diary. It can be a little embarrassing at times, but if it helps somebody get through the…

— Sevyn Streeter

My guiding principle when writing with other people is that it's not worth it to give someone a song unless it hurts for me…

— Josh Tillman

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

I realized that I started writing songs to make people feel how I felt, rather than just making them feel something. That's not the…

— Marilyn Manson