Alice Merton Quotes

Everything was a song. Every conversation, every personal hurt, every observance of people in stress, happiness and love... if you could feel it, I could feel it. And I could write a song about it.

I think there'll always be a kid with a guitar with a song in his heart that's going to turn me on - that's as far as I can see. Whether lots of people agree with that, I'm not sure.

I guess I'm attracted to people who are singing about love or life, and they have a particular passion that I can connect with.

I close my eyes when I sing so I can feel the song better.

Yet, it ought to be obvious that good music generally occupies a higher plane that mere politics. Great writers can express moods through melody and capture experiences we share most powerfully - love, lust, longing; joy, rage, fear; triumph, yearning and confusion.

I love the fact that I can go out there on stage with a guitar and sing a song that means something to somebody.

I like to see people's eyes when I'm singing to them.

You have to connect with a song, and when you write it, that connection is already there. It's your baby; your passion is in that song.

I definitely think the best songs are written when you feel something strongly.

I hear singers on a daily basis and there are some who really end up touching your heart.

Most of all, I like to sing my heart out to lyrics that really speak to people.

It's always nice to be able to capture your life's experiences in a song and hold the emotion in that way.

Truly to sing, that is a different breath.

What is certain is that singing is not merely modulating a song by means of the voice: we sing and we celebrate the beauty that we can grow and live every day. If you want to sing and give emotions to those who are listening, you must have something to tell through your singing; you have to use singing like an instrument to tell something.

My songs tend to be about love. It drives some of the greatest songs. I'm looking forward to seeing what people make of my writing.

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

Knowing that people make my songs their own is what keeps me going.

Music inspires me.

A song is the most intangible thing in the world.

I don't know what makes a guy want to write songs and sing, but if you've got a message, you want to get it across. When I come up with an idea about the way I feel, I can really state it strongly in a song.

Music expresses longing and love and joy better than any piece of dialogue you can ever write.

My father had a passion for love. It's mostly what he talked about in his songs, and I still have his old records today.

I love the art form of songwriting. I get to carry a lot of vibes to a lot of people. My songs are all about the human condition, and people will be able to find themselves in my songs.

I like to write songs about what's happening, what I see around me and what I hear.

You wind up creating from silence, like painting a picture on a blank canvas that could bring tears to somebody's eyes. As songwriters, our blank canvas is silence. Then we write a song from an idea that can change somebody's life. Songwriting is the closest thing to magic that we could ever experience. That's why I love songwriting.