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I always prefer to write songs about emotional situations and heartbreak because I like getting into the character.

— Pixie Lott

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I write about heartbreak because I like writing about sad things, but I'm writing happy songs, too!

— Jackie Evancho

Heartbreak can definitely give you a deeper sensibility for writing songs. I drew on a lot of heartbreak when I was writing my first album, I didn't mean to but I just did.

— Adele

I tend to like songs that are very emotional, that strike a chord with me emotionally.

— Martin Gore

My songs are somewhere between story and situation. There's also character and mood. I'm an intuitive writer, both with instrumentals and songs with words.

— Jenny Scheinman

I like writing a body of music that has a cohesive, emotional thread through it.

— Patti Scialfa

Heartbreak was the impetus to me writing poems and music in the first place.

— Jill Scott

Songs are not better just because they're emotionally honest. To write a song well, you have to put some work into it and grind it out.

— Jakob Dylan

I have more of a desire to write songs about being an independent woman than being in love, songs about getting up and moving on even if I have a broken heart.

— Kat Graham

You know, I've sung a lot of emotional songs in my life, but when you're writing it yourself, it's very difficult to decide what to reveal.

— Diana Krall

✗Opposing Perspectives

There's a variety and depth to the song topics I get to write about in children's music and books: being able to write about things I wouldn't normally write about, like a disappointing pancake, or monsters or opposite day is really different than writing about heartbreak and relationships.

— Lisa Loeb