Why 5s keeps saying storage full when i have nothing on my phone

my phone keeps saying storage full with only MB left when i should have at least 6 GB free.  I have no music and 1 GB of pictures.  This problem happened before and the next day it was back to saying 6.something GB free. And nothing has changed since then.  Why is apple software getting worse?

hey guys,
i appreciate the responses.
i did all that.  nothing is taking up my capacity.  I have already deleted all my music, i have 1 gb of photos, and only a few random apps, nothing totaling close to my phones capacity.  this has happened twice before where the memory slowly decreases and i get the message of full storage. Then 2 days later its back up to 7 or 8 gb.  Yesterday it was at 535 mb, and then last night it went back up to 6 gb. and as i type this its at 4.5 gb with no change in apps or photos or music.  I have the latest update and other than that my phone is working properly. im assuming its just another software bug, but if anyone has a solution, it would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks again

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