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When I write songs for myself it's really personal and I just can't have someone else singing it.

— Sky Ferreira

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

People used to say nobody can sing my songs but me - they're too personal.

— Joni Mitchell

I'm not like other writers. I'm not hung up on using my own songs. In fact, my sister Bunny always tells me I sing other people's songs better than my own. She says I loosen up and give the songs a different feel.

— El DeBarge

I wouldn't be able to write a song like 'Someone Like You' and get someone else to sing it because it's so personal. It's like giving away your heart.

— Adele

It's a really personal thing for me to write a song.

— Michael Franti

Well, I make every song I sing personal. I've never chosen a song that wasn't.

— Carly Simon

I try to write down every song that comes to me, even though I know that every song that comes to me isn't a song that I need to sing.

— Valerie June

When I write songs, when I sing songs, I don't have anybody in mind. I'm just trying to express what I think people are feeling.

— El DeBarge

Songwriting is such an intricate part of me as an artist and as a person; I couldn't just let someone else do it.

— Shakira

✗Opposing Perspectives

When I'm writing a song, it gives me more actual pleasure to hear someone else sing it than do it meself.

— Shane MacGowan

When you write a song, there's no point keeping it to yourself.

— Iwan Rheon