Colbie Caillat Writing Quotations

Bob Marley is a huge influence. I love reggae music, but I also love the purpose of the songs he writes and the style of the music - it takes your worries away and makes you feel good, and I think that's what music is about.

I'm always shy and timid when I write in front of people.

Writing is my therapy. My feelings build up inside of me and then I sit down and write a song.

Whenever I'm on tour and I'm in my hotel room and I'm writing and playing my guitar, I go in the bathroom and I record whatever I'm writing in there. It's just what I love to do.

Well, I started writing songs about three years ago when I learned to play the guitar, but I've been singing since I was eleven.

When I turned 19 I kinda realized that I needed to write my own songs instead of singing songs written by other people.

What's really cool is to be able to write music and have people around the world [who are] able to relate to it. They tell you that [your] song helped them get through a divorce or they got married to that song. It makes me want to keep doing that for [myself] and for people.

I get inspired by what I go through. Experiencing all these different things we all go through like heartache, falling in love, watching a family member or a friend going through [something], and trying to write about it from a different perspective.