Book Quote by Scott McClanahan

All I want to do is write songs about funny characters I made up.

— Wes Borland

Writing music is sort of my hobby, but it's been falling off more and more. Doing comic books takes up my entire life.

— Bryan Lee O'Malley

I only write about stuff I know. I don't have a lot of experience with boys and stuff so I write a lot of…

— Brie Larson

I write songs about what I go through.

— Taylor Swift

I'll have to get people to write songs for me right now until my own writing comes around.

— Andy Gibb

If I'm not writing about myself, then I sit down with people I really dig writing with and throw 'em out and see if…

— Kacey Musgraves

I write songs so that people can make them into what it means to them as well.

— William Beckett

I feel like my songs are like diary entries for me. So I usually write about things that have happened to me specifically or…

— Sara Bareilles

I have writing songs on my own for about six years.

— Joanna Newsom

I like to write songs about what's happening, what I see around me and what I hear. Everyday life. Someone may be talking to…

— Desmond Dekker

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

Writing songs is kind of like a wrestling match to me. You have to pin it down and make it do what you want…

— Tyler Joseph