Down Quote by Valerie June

Honestly I don't like to write songs that often, only when I feel like I need to and when I've got something that I…

— Matt Thiessen

I usually don't write songs by people calling me and saying, 'Write a song about this.' Usually I'm just going with what I want…

— Diane Warren

All my songs come from me because I only seem able to write about myself and my experiences.

— Laura Marling

Sometimes when I write songs, I don't know what they're about, and it just suddenly comes to me.

— Lykke Li

I can't' really sing a song unless I really connect with the lyrics.

— Molly Ringwald

I can't try to write a song - songs come out of me. I have to play the guitar and if I jam a…

— Shavo Odadjian

I just start singing some words with a tune. I don't ever write a song thinking, Now I'll write a song about... .

— Paul McCartney

I feel a connection to many songs that I won't sing because I don't think they are right for me! There is something in…

— Audra McDonald

Most of the songs that I write have nothing to do with the stuff that I used to sing about since I didn't write…

— Tevin Campbell

Sometimes when you sing someone else's song over and over again or songs that have been given to you, you're afraid to go out…

— Dinah Jane

When I write songs for myself it's really personal and I just can't have someone else singing it.

— Sky Ferreira

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