Songwriting Quotes

"I'm a songwriter, actually. And when I say I'm a songwriter, I'm saying I can write songs for more than just myself."

"When it comes to the lyrics, I write about my own perception of things and use characters for that."

"Songs are a way to express what I have felt. A way to understand what happened to me or to other people."

"I feel like songwriting is an experiment in empathy."

“If it's a good song, it's a good song. I'll take it.”

"Never Forget You" was the first song I co-wrote.”

“For me, the music dictates the melody. Give me a riff to sing over, you know?”

“To me, country music has always been the home for a great song.”

“The lyrics are so important to me. And that there is something going on in the lyrics.”

“If you break down most rock songs and look at the lyrics on a piece of paper, it's all about melody.”

“I've never thought about songwriting as a weapon. I've only thought about it as a way to help me get through love and loss and sadness and loneliness and growing up.”

“Songs for me are like a message in a bottle. You send them out to the world, and maybe the person who you feel that way about will hear about it someday.”

“I used to be very figurative and also just kind of scared to talk about the way I felt in a literal way.”

“My songs are like my children. I expect them to support me when I'm old.”

“Songwriting is my way of channelling my feelings and my thoughts. My head would explode if I didn't get some of that stuff out.”

“Anxiety and spiritual searching have been consistent themes with me. But I tend to make my songs sound like relationship songs.”

“Strangely, some songs you really don't want to write.”