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I think probably the only thing that is around in these songs is that I was really lonely when I wrote a lot of them. But it was really by my own choosing because I was devoting myself to songwriting and dancing and I wasn't really going out and seeing people.

— Kate Bush

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✓Similar Perspectives

A lot of the songs are based on my previous relationship. It didn't work out. I lost him, and it ruined me. I had to learn to get back on my feet. I used that heartbreak to create something really beautiful.

— Yuna

Some of the songs I do once in a while that I kinda... my set list is basically like my hits, there is a good reason why they are there; people really like them.

— Joe Cocker

It's very hard for me to think about my songs and attribute some significance to them.

— Jimmy Webb

I could have done a hundred songs, really. It was hard to narrow them down, because I tried to pick songs for the most part that actually did have some effect on me or influenced me in the past.

— Alan Jackson

The songs are not necessarily autobiographical. A lot of songs are a combination of influences. It might be some part of my life, or something I've felt, or something somebody's told me. It all comes together.

— Tracy Chapman

With the 'iCarly' soundtrack, I didn't get to write any of the songs. I just picked songs that meant a lot to me that I really liked.

— Miranda Cosgrove

I've always gravitated towards songwriting that happens easily and spontaneously, because those have always been my best songs.

— Jane Wiedlin

The songs are inspired by my experiences. Sometimes they are more than my real-life and, conversely, my life is more than just my songs.

— Melissa Etheridge

✗Opposing Perspectives

I didn't write those songs, but I can relate to every one of them... I have.

— Joss Stone

It seems to me that those songs that have been any good, I have nothing much to do with the writing of them. The words have just crawled down my sleeve and come out on the page.

— Joan Baez