Finish Quote by Todd Rundgren

When you write songs, you can't really point out the exact thing you're inspired by. It's more a state or a mood or an…

— Keren Ann

I think every song is very different; some of them are sad and some aren't. But I do like to pull inspiration from whatever…

— Benson Boone

I connect music to the emotions that come from relationships, so most of the songs that I write are inspired by those circumstances, emotions,…

— Sam Hunt

That's the beauty of song writing. You never know when inspiration will come or how it will hit, you just gotta kinda grasp a…

— Kimbra

I can tell what inspired the songs for me, or what I was thinking and feeling at the time. But I don't want that…

— Nicholas Thorburn

Any one thing can get in the way of you and your brain being comfortable and being inspired. It's the difference between a really…

— Lauv

The interesting thing is that, well, here's what I think about songwriters and songs. Sometimes people sit down and say, "I gotta write a…

— Andy Kim

I try to write songs just for the song itself. I don't try and think about where it's going to end up, that way…

— Jon Foreman

When I wrote a song, it would have to be from something I was really excited about, or a melody that's been haunting me…

— Brendon Urie

What inspires me is anxiety and the quest to try to change things in my life. ...I got addicted to endings and beginnings and…

— Kevin Drew

I love a beautiful, soaring, singable melody. But what really draws me to a song, at the end of the day, is the words.

— Lari White

With writing a song, I've always felt, right from the start, like I'm scraping the bottom of the barrel. I don't ever feel there's…

— Nick Cave