Dylan Quote by Taylor Goldsmith

You know, I think so much about relatability when it comes to songwriting, and this experience of being in the limelight isn't necessarily everyone's…

— Laufey

Sometimes I make up songs, and they're just strictly fiction. Other times, I draw on things that have happened in my life or friends,…

— J. J. Cale

I always seem to write personal songs; that's always been my go-to thing, to write about what I'm experiencing.

— Martha Wainwright

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

I think my songwriting has developed over the years. As I get older, I have become less afraid to share real experiences.

— Rayvon Owen

I am a songwriter. I do get to put my personal experiences in song.

— Melissa Etheridge

Everything I write tends to come from my own personal experiences, or from people close to me that I'm singing about.

— Bill Ward

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

You do try to write songs that you feel like people can relate to and you try to be as honest as you can…

— Sevyn Streeter

I am the kind of songwriter to where I don't have to have experienced it firsthand to write about it.

— Lainey Wilson

Songwriting is too mysterious and uncontrolled a process for me to direct it towards any one thing.

— James Taylor

Songwriting never feels like it's me doing anything consciously except for becoming aware somehow that it's time to let something out, or let something…

— Scout Niblett