“One thing that I'm really interested in is the kind of esoteric detail that surrounds these great figures. And Wikipedia is full of that kind of stuff, whether it's true or untrue. It staggers me: why, in the short space assigned to a person or an event, that kind of random information is there. To be honest, that's wonderful fuel for songwriting.” KindPersonsStuffSpaceWonderfulOne ThingHonestEventsFiguresInformationDetailsBeing HonestFuelSongwritingSurroundUntrueEsotericWikipedia Author:Nick Cave
“What I strive to do with songwriting is be really honest, authentic and try to be open and share that with people. I choose that over trying to be clever, poetic, or lyrical.” PeopleTryingShareHonestStriveCleverPoeticSongwritingLyrical Author:Brett Dennen
“I just tried to come up with some honest songs. What I was writing about was real plain stuff that I wasn't sure was going to be interesting to other people. But I guess it was.” PeopleWritingRealSongStuffInterestingHonestCome UpSongwritingSongwritersWriting Songs Author:John Prine