Luke Combs Quotes

I wanted to write some lyrics that had some meaning to them, lyrics that were meaningful to me and hopefully people can take something from that.

When I write songs, when I sing songs, I don't have anybody in mind. I'm just trying to express what I think people are feeling.

The main objective in any song, the songs that I write, has always been that it reflect the way I feel, that it touch me when I'm finished with it, that it moves me, that it can take me along with it and involve me in what its saying.

I really do pride myself on being able to help other people tell their stories and bring out the best in them. But I still, every song I'm writing, I still need to relate to it. I still need to find my true self in it, or else it'll feel dishonest. I mean, everything has a queer meaning as far as I'm concerned.

My writing is authentic, and whatever happens in my life is what I write about.

All my songs are where I am.

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

I have all these revelations as I'm writing. Each song is like a chapter of my diary.

On 'Heartbreaker,' I had to sing those songs. I drank the way I did those songs. I ate the way I did those songs. I communicated the way I did those songs. With 'Gold,' I was trying to prove something to myself. I wanted to invent a modern classic.

'Hatful of Hollow' and 'The Smiths' were lent to me, and they made me want to create music that might make another person feel like they made me feel - to have an effect on someone.

Art, in the first place, has to connect with yourself.

All my songs come from me because I only seem able to write about myself and my experiences.

I am very into lyrics. I start with what the words are saying, what the storyline is saying, like a good script. It should really capture me, do something for me. If I don't get it, it's not going to move people, and if it's not going to move people, it's not going to happen.

It's a really personal thing for me to write a song.

Music tells you about the artist and what they were thinking about at the time, because the person has to think about it to sing it.

I know my lyrics might be weird to some, but they're not like that to me because I know where they come from - I know the secret.

When I get into the studio, I write from my heart.

I'm putting out music that I love, and they're basically just stories of my life and how I try and teach myself to think about things. They're kind of like notes to self, basically.

I'm not really interested in myself in my writing. I can't see myself in the songs, even though I know different parts of me are there.

I sit a lot with my lyrics - I don't write just to write or put a line in just to have one. Everything has to mean something to me.

When I write a song, I want to write something that is really catchy and says something that might actually touch somebody.

If you can write a song that makes people have emotions and show their feelings, that's a powerful thing and a beautiful thing.

I just sit down and write the best song for the best moment, and however it comes out, it is what it is.

I think every song I do is specifically tailored to what I would say and how I approach situations.

I don't see any of my records as any more or less conceptual than the others, and I don't really plan some overall idea in advance. The songs all get written under the umbrella of a certain time in your life, and it's natural to find themes that repeat within these periods.