I'll keep evolving and put that into my songs.

- Alanis Morissette

I tend to write songs that are about something pretty specific. A lot of them tell some kind of little made-up story.

- Adam Schlesinger

I'm not just a singer-songwriter doing songs in the key of me.

- Arlo Guthrie

We would turn everything into songs in those days.

- Arlo Guthrie

I've had several working-man songs that I like.

- Alan Jackson

I grew up writing songs in my room on GarageBand, and I would make the beats just out of layering my vocals over and over again. Very Imogen Heap-inspired.

- Ariana Grande

I want people to understand me as a person with views, not just performing songs.

- Annie Lennox

My songs are just little letters to me.

- Ani DiFranco

All the songs I write are about human dynamics, whether it's with girlfriends, boyfriends, or family.

- Amy Winehouse

Christina Aguilera's 'Stripped' had a lot of good songs. It's my range, so I use it to warm up a lot.

- Amy Lee

I don't write songs about a specific, elusive thing.

- Adele

I love songs that are very autobiographical.

- Alanis Morissette

I could write six songs in one day with everything that's going on.

- Alanis Morissette

I'll be writing songs till I die. There's just no question.

- Alanis Morissette

Knowing that people make my songs their own is what keeps me going.

- Alanis Morissette

The thing I always default to is that I'll always be here to write songs.

- Alanis Morissette

A lot of rap songs don't usually have a lot of melody per se.

- Al Yankovic

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

It's warts and all in my songs, and I think that's why people can relate to them.

- Adele

Sometimes my songs wander off a bit and are not always coherent.

- Adele