Ronan Keating Quotes

Inspiration for my music just comes from, you know, my life experiences.

There's always going to be life experiences that find their way into my songs.

People ask, 'Are your things autobiographical?,' and I think, no, they're not autobiographical directly, but of course my life has informed my work.

The way I look at life, whatever I'm doing at that time in my life is going to be reflected in my songs, for the most part.

The life that I live and the experiences that I have always affect what comes out of me creatively. I think that's what makes music real.

You learn from experiences, and I suppose that's where I color most of my music, from experiences.

Everything in life influences my music. I've always used songwriting as a means to share what I think is profound.

What I write is very personal, but not autobiographical. It's more 'thematically personal' - what's up in my life in terms of themes at the moment.

You're basically the sum of all the experiences you've ever had, and they're sort of shaken up in you and reproduced in the things you create, and that includes seeing movies.

I can only speak for myself and my own music, because that is what I am most familiar with, and I write about things that I am living or experiencing.

A lot of my work comes from my life experiences.

Just like any songwriter, the songs come out of where I am in my life and what I'm doing and who I'm hanging out with and the kind of sounds I'm imagining. I always loved the idea of it evolving in the same way that life changes.

My music has been inspired by true events in my life.

Everyone's music is made of their own life experiences.

For me, all the materials and objects I employ come from a specific space that's very personal.

My template for most songs is 'Is this inspiring?' and with the blues it so often is.

You can't reject anything in your life as an artist. Everything has its use.

The songs are inspired by my experiences. Sometimes they are more than my real-life and, conversely, my life is more than just my songs.

I've always drawn on bits and pieces of my own life.

You're in good spirits when you create and produce great music. All situations inspire music in different ways, man, from good situations, bad situations, depression, falling in love, falling out of love. I've been going through all those type of things.

I always say this about my music, and music in general: Music is like a time capsule. Each album reflects what I'm going through or what's going on in my life at that moment.

Anything that's really made an impact on my life, I want to get in the studio and write about it.

My films are always a reflection of where I am in my life.

As a musician, it's only natural that my music mirrors my life.

What matters is what happens in the soul of an artist when you're playing.