Children Quote by Shawn Colvin

I feel like I've survived so much, and been through so much. And sometimes I miss the innocence of those times. Life was different.…

— Madonna Ciccone

My mind was so geared towards being a performing artist, singing all these classical pieces, but the sense of loneliness I got when I…

— Khalid

I was left to painstakingly deal with the aftermath of my avoidance later in life, in therapy or through the lyrics of my songs.

— Alanis Morissette

By the time I got to songwriting, I had been faced with a lot of troubles as a result of my own collective of…

— Mary Gauthier

In my first few years of being in New York, I had a major identity crisis because I'd never stayed in one place for…

— Mitski

I have overcome. That's the story of the Bronx.

— Ritchie Torres

Me becoming a person, instead of somebody who just hides and is afraid, has happened in tandem with me learning to write music and…

— John Grant

I've been writing a lot of songs about my personal life and identity. That can be a real healing process.

— Olly Alexander

I took some of the hardest things about my life and wrote an empowering song with it. It has made me want to always…

— Lauren Alaina

I had my years of struggling. Some of my shows failed miserably, and I was upset by it, and it dented my confidence. But…

— Regis Philbin

When I moved to New York, I felt very strong emotionally and mentally. Aside from touring, I'd spent a couple of years alone and…

— Marketa Irglova

One of the biggest obstacles I've overcome in my life was thinking I didn't deserve to be successful. Artistically I'm not as much of…

— Bonnie Raitt