Depressing Quote by Townes Van Zandt

I like singer-songwriters, and I find sad songs comforting rather than depressing. It makes you realise you're not alone in the world.

— Natalie Imbruglia

I don't really do sad, depressing songs.

— Olly Murs

Whenever I write songs, it's my outlet for a certain feeling. I just don't as often feel compelled to write when I'm not really…

— Phoebe Bridgers

Even when I'm in quite a happy state of mind, I like writing really sad songs. I think a lot of people do.

— Ellie Goulding

Oftentimes, especially in the context of an acoustic song, I'm motivated to write by some amount of melancholy.

— Chris Cornell

Sometimes I'm sad and mostly I like sad songs.

— Nico

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

But me writing sad songs doesn't mean I am a sad person.

— Phoebe Bridgers

My songs have a layer of melancholy.

— Mat Kearney

I write a lot of sad songs!

— Lauv

I torture my self with depressing music when I'm sad.

— Anonymous

I wrote a lot of really sad songs.

— Ruel