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Not that there is anything wrong with confessional songwriting, there are plenty of people that do that I admire. I think it is great, it just isn't how I do things.

— Zooey Deschanel

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I don't believe that songwriting has to be profound, but I truly believe that it's a crime for you to go outta your way for it not to be.

— Steve Earle

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.

— Taylor Swift

I do look at songwriting as a lot of work. I don't over-intellectualize music as a special medium that only some people deserve to do. I think it's something you do if you put the work in.

— Jakob Dylan

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

Songwriting is like editing. You write down all this stuff - all this bad, stupid stuff - and then you have to get rid of everything except the very best.

— Juliana Hatfield

I enjoy recording and performing, but it's the songwriting that I love most.

— Conor Oberst

The joy of songwriting only gets messed up if you are trying to follow up a big success, or you are trying to create a hit single, or if you have conscious thoughts of a particular outcome for the music.

— Tim Finn

I really like this trend of songwriting that is honest and intelligent and serious and longing.

— Parker Posey

✗Opposing Perspectives

My experience with songwriting is usually so confessional, it's so drawn from my own life and my own stories.

— Taylor Swift

Songwriting is my way of channeling my feelings and my thoughts. Not just mine, but the things I see, the people I care about. My head would explode if I didn't get some of that stuff out.

— Dolly Parton