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I don't think I could write about something I've never experienced or felt; all my songs are about things I've been through.

— Anne-Marie

You could write a song about some kind of emotional problem you are having, but it would not be a good song, in my…

— Joni Mitchell

If I'm kind of sad or depressed, it doesn't necessarily help me to write a song about exactly what I'm depressed about.

— Julia Holter

I would've been able to write anything about mental-health crises had I not felt good.

— Maria Bamford

Depressed Although, my experience when I've been depressed, not only am I too depressed to sit down and write a song, I'm too depressed…

— Paul Westerberg

I really write about situations that I have trouble, you know I mean, so I guess .. that's why I feel so quiet miserable.

— Amy Winehouse

The idea of writing songs because you're depressed and you need to communicate it somehow, that isn't really true for me.

— Andrew Bird

Writing songs helped me figure out how to communicate with other people. I finally figured out that if I could express something in a…

— Sharon Van Etten

You can't write a song out of thin air you have to feel and know what you are writing about.

— Irving Berlin

I don't talk with people about how I am feeling - I just usually write a song about it.

— Soccer Mommy

I'm just writing songs about how I feel or about how people I know feel.

— Elliott Smith

Writing is my therapy. My feelings build up inside of me and then I sit down and write a song.

— Colbie Caillat