Otherwise Quote by Sharon Van Etten

I've written songs before, and I don't want to share them with anybody. It's really personal for me, that sort of creative outlet where…

— Jeremy Jordan

I'm very selfish in that I make music for myself, not for other people; I kind of only think about other people afterwards when…

— Charli XCX

When you first sit down to write songs, you have to be selfish.

— Ben Howard

I write songs for myself, but I never keep them. I'm like, 'O.K., that was my therapy - it's out of my body now.…

— Julia Michaels

Songwriting is like going to church. I'm connecting to something, and it's rewarding in really important ways. I don't need to share it with…

— Juliana Hatfield

My songwriting is personal in the hope that listeners will know that I relate to them.

— Noah Cyrus

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 write when I have to; I write when the song is done and I deal with the idea and I just go with…

— Kerry King

It's always cathartic for me to write music.

— Santigold

Some of songs are autobiographical and some of it is more telling a story from someone else's perspective. It's healthy for me to do…

— Jonathan Jackson

Sometimes I'll write a song. When I've gone through something really hard in my life, sometimes it's other people's music. Other times it's actually…

— Jack Johnson

The whole point of music is being able to share your story. I've been songwriting for a long time, usually while on the road,…

— Camila Cabello