Alice Merton Quotes

When I think of artists I love, like J. Cole, it's the storytelling that grabs me. I want to be honest with my music.

I write about what I know.

I am quite certain in my heart of hearts that modern music and modern art is not a conspiracy, but is a form of truth and integrity for those who practise it honestly, decently and with all their being.

In songwriting, I needed language. And I always believed in singing about what I do.

If you look at the content of songs people write, it's usually about the things they know best.

I write my songs and just play them, so there are not a whole lot of fireworks. As long as the music comes first, it's OK to have some fireworks. But not the other way around.

The beauty of being a musician is writing songs. That's the best part. It's therapeutic and honest and private.

I'm a writer. My job is to speak what - that which I think is true. If that bridges the gap, that's good. If it doesn't, that's too bad.

You need to write about something that you really know about or you deeply connect with. Don't fake it.

I think songwriting was the biggest way that I found my identity.

You can only really sing about what you know; at least, I can.

I write songs about my own experiences. You can't lie to yourself. You can't pose to yourself.

Songwriters tell the truth.

My main thing is just to keep writing. I've been doing some songwriting that's for my own record, I suppose.

Music is also a part of who I am so I'm thinking about recording an album.

Most of the songs I wrote are personal.

When I want to put out an album, I want to write it. I want to be able to say that I wrote my album, and all this stuff is from me.

To make a rock'n'roll record, technology is the least important thing.

I'd love to claim the title of 'songwriter' or 'intellectual,' but the truth is that anything that I ever learned how to do in conjunction with music was purely so that I would have a platform to sing from.

If a man writes a book, let him set down only what he knows. I have guesses enough of my own.

Music is my hustle.

Being honest is my job. That's what music is for me.

I'm self-deprecating, but I'm an artist, too. I have to write new songs to chronicle stuff for myself. I write a song like 'Middle Age' or 'Responsibility' or 'I Just Work Here,' and it's about how bleak life can be. But it's real.

I can only speak for myself - there were times when I just wasn't inspired by creating music.

Art is about expressing the true nature of the human spirit in whatever way one wishes to express it. If it is honest, it is beautiful. If it is not honest, it is obvious.