About Quote by Steve Forbert

I'm just writing songs to process what's going on, whether in my personal life or in my perception of the world.

— Olivia Rodrigo

I'm constantly working on something new, whether it's a Garbage song, or for someone I'm producing or a song for film or TV whatever…

— Butch Vig

I write songs from the point of view I had at a time;I'm not tryingto write songs from a young person's point of view.That…

— Nick Cave

When you're an artist you're speaking about life, you're talking about your experience here on the planet. So essentially, that's what I do when…

— Chrisette Michele

As a songwriter, I'm not necessarily writing about myself or my life.

— Ben Gibbard

I don't really write journals and stuff and then adapt them to music, it's completely within the form of the song. My great obsession…

— Emily Haines

I've never been interested in diarising my life through song. So much stuff has been done before. So many people have brilliantly articulated the…

— Dan Smith

I've been working on my own music. I've been writing an album, stuff that's kind of personal to my own life.

— Ariel Winter

I could write all songs all day long about what I think about the music industry or music in general. Sometimes I gotta be…

— Laura Jane Grace

That's what I love about songwriting - that you can write something about your own experiences and think it's completely specific to you, and…

— Idina Menzel

Some things lend themselves well to songs, some things don't, and I'm learning that a lot at the moment. It's still a relatively new…

— PJ Harvey

I write a song because I want to. I think the moment you start writing it to make money, you're starting to kill yourself…

— Pete Seeger