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I want to be as honest as I can about the things I've been through - the sorrows and joys, victories and defeats - and to use those experiences as a well to draw from. Hopefully, the songs that result from that kind of writing will be songs that mean something to others.

— Jim Cole

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I don't really see how any song can not feel contrived if it isn't honest, and how could I write honest songs if I don't write about stuff going on in my life and how I'm feeling?

— Lily Allen

My music is part of the quest I have to find new ways of telling stories, and also, I want to inspire people.

— Michael Franti

I tend to write songs that are about something pretty specific. A lot of them tell some kind of little made-up story.

— Adam Schlesinger

You're always going to write and draw inspiration from things that you're feeling, things that you've felt. It's kind of impossible not to unless you're writing a song and there's an exact scenario that you're trying to write a song for.

— Harry Styles

My music does say a lot about me and what I went through. All the songs are about things I have gone through and what I am thinking. I wrote about my family, friends and boys, of course, and about life.

— Lalaine

I don't write anything down - it comes from my head and my soul and my heart and my pain. That allows me to make the best music I can make.

— Tory Lanez

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

— Melissa Etheridge

I'm just writing songs about how I feel or about how people I know feel.

— Elliott Smith

✗Opposing Perspectives

When you write a song, the goal is not to convey the details of your life. You should write a memoir or something if that's what you're going to do.

— Conor Oberst

I don't feel I have to write deep and meaningful songs; they can be light and meaningless. It has to do with the place I am in my life, a really good place.

— Neil Diamond