Definitely Quote by Vance Joy

When a song comes from a real story and from a real place I think it comes across to people. That's important.

— Negash Ali

I mean every song comes from an experience to an extent.

— Ruel

There's a feeling that you get when you write songs where... it feels like it's destined to do something. Then sometimes you get that…

— Bonnie McKee

When I write a song, the music comes from my spirit, which is very playful and optimistic, but then the lyrics come from my…

— Mark Foster

You have to remember that writing those sorta songs is not reality, it's more like trance, dream, y'know, like dreamwork. The mythical thing can…

— Van Morrison

The songs always have to come from a real experience.

— Dean Lewis

Songwriting becomes a conscious attempt to delve into the unconscious. Even those writers who scoff at the concept of a spiritual source for their…

— Paul Zollo

Everything stems from real experiences but I do also have a very vivid imagination. A song lyric gets easily carried away with itself and…

— Imogen Heap

That's the beauty of creativity. It comes from the ether. I like to think, sometimes, it's like I haven't written it, it's more like…

— Alvin Lee

The writing process for us is different with every song. Sometimes they come from our lives, or someone else we know may be going…

— Matthew Ramsey

Basically, any time you have a real life experience, that can be a song. Because no matter how crazy or weird you are, somebody's…

— Benny Blanco

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

— Melissa Etheridge