Brantley Gilbert Quotes

I write about what I'm going through.

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

Everything I've written is personal - it's the only way I know how to write.

I've never been a confessional writer.

When I look at the majority of my own songs they really came from my own sense of personal confusion or need to express some pain or beauty - they were coming from a universal and personal place.

My act has always reflected what's going on in my life.

I feel like I really tapped into a pretty honest emotional place for myself as a lyricist. There's a broad spectrum of emotions.

I decided at 15 that I didn't want to be one of those artists that gets up and sings love songs they don't mean. I decided that I was going to be me to the fullest extent, that my songs were going to reflect relationships I've had, things I've been through, and even the stuff I'm embarrassed about.

A lot of times when I'm writing lyrics, I just think about insecurities that I might have and turn them into a scene. Some things may be true, and some things may not.

Everything I've written has been personal and touched on things that I needed to deal with in my personal life. So I just feel that writing is great therapy, and the best writing comes from truth, and so I mine my life constantly for that.

Really, as a writer, I believe that if you're going to write about your own life, you need to do it as honestly and candidly as you are capable.

If I'm writing strictly for others, how does that show what I'm experiencing or thinking? I just got to a point where I realized I could be as personal as I wanted to be and people could relate to those situations if they so choose.

As I experience life and go through things, that's what I write about.

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

It's so easy for me to do a boy-bashing pop song, but to sit down and write honestly about something that's really close to me, something I've been through, it's a totally different thing.

With songs, I've always pledged to be honest. I write my songs because I've lived them.

Usually I write about what I care about, which is a weakness but I think also a strength.

I've always seen writing as a way of telling the truth. For me, writing is about truth. I have always tried to be faithful to my own experience.

We've always written from personal experiences.

I write about what happens to me. It's all there. I couldn't do it any other way.

A lot of what I write is very personal.

I write about personal experiences.

I spend an awful lot of time thinking about stuff that's happened, but I don't want to be someone who's only writing songs because it's therapy.

Coming off 'Reflection,' what we really wanted to do was be more vulnerable.

'Crush' is probably the most honest project I've ever written. It's my voice.