Cole Swindell Quotes

I've always written about things that cause me to feel something.

The writing process really became natural when it was real and from my heart, and I was exposed.

As a musician and a songwriter, it is an act of the ego to believe that other people might be interested in your point of view. But it is usually an empathetic nature that gets you going in the first place. Music keeps the heart porous in many ways.

Art comes from a visceral need and is usually generated by something I have seen; writing comes from something that happens in my head and my heart.

When I sing I have a lot of visions. Like what's happening now in my life.

I've always said music should make you laugh, make you cry or make you think.

With 'Girls,' I have been able to plug into almost everything I've felt that's personal and sensitive.

Seeing your music, how it actually affects people, it just encourages me to stay true to myself and write stories that I relate to and that are real to me, an experience that I've had.

I'm moved by what I hear about the power of music.

I'm interested in extrovert characters, people who are doing something. But I used to only be able to photograph people I was interested in or attracted to, either psychologically or physically. That all changed when I did the 'Go Sees.'

Music has influenced my life and is one of the most treasured things for me. It speaks a universal language and for me, it is extremely important to stay connected to it.

The power of music is undeniable.

All my collections are based on something I like or something I'm dealing with. They are always deeply personal.

I think music is honest and will make you do honest things.

We thought: 'Let's write songs about our relationships, the world, our anxieties - let's make the most of this.'

Songs have been my greatest teachers and continue to be really important in my life.

When I found out how music made me feel and how my singing made other people feel, that's when I decided this is what I wanted to do.

I have never been able to separate - nor have I wanted to - my personal love and desire for truth, passion, and understanding from my lyrics.

Music’s the soundtrack of my life and has been since I was a teenager. There’s always music. If I’m not playing it, I’m listening to it. With my writing... sometimes it inspires a story, sometimes it highlights something I’m working on, sometimes it simply helps me stay in the narrative mood.

I think anything that anyone writes that's any good is going to have a lot of autobiography.

I can achieve that by personally relating the words that I am saying to something I have known in my life.

Recording is more autobiographical than acting. It's me - either how I'm feeling then or once felt at some point in my life. It's all me.

I do know the effect that music still has on me - I'm completely vulnerable to it. I'm seduced by it.

I want to feel something, as a person. I don't want to be bored.

Happy music doesn't tend to move me much.