Quotes about Lyrics

Lyrics are always misleading because they make people think that that's what the music is about. Votes: 4

Lyrics are for teenage girls, brah. Votes: 3

Lyrics are weak, like clock radio speakers. Votes: 3

Lyrics are always the last thing to get done. Votes: 3

Lyrics are my racket; music is play - the fluff stuff. Votes: 3

Lyrics belongs to us ina specific language, but music is universal. Votes: 3

Lyrics are tough for me and I never feel like they're quite done. Votes: 3

Lyrics need to be good, but they don't need to be obvious right away. Votes: 3

Lyrics are the only thing to do with music that haven't been made easier technically. Votes: 3

If Words are the Lyrics, and Laughter the Melody, then a Relationship becomes a Symphony. Votes: 3

If you're single, then I'm single?" What's that supposed to be? Lyrics to a pop song? Votes: 3

Lyrics are coming to you all the time. I get inspiration in the middle of the night. Votes: 3

Lyrics have got to be simple and catchy. A hook is more important than an overall concept or story. Votes: 3

Lyrics are back, maybe. It seems like there was a bit of an attitude that lyrics are not important. Votes: 3

Lyrics are so important, I hate every second of writing them, but it's something I take great pride in when it's finished. Votes: 3

Lyrics have to be underwritten. That's why poets generally make poor lyric writers because the language is too rich. You get drowned in it. Votes: 3

It started out with a kissHow did it end up like this?It was only a kissRead more: The Killers - Mr. Brightside Lyrics | MetroLyrics Votes: 3

Lyrics always fall short with the amount of energy thrown into the playing. Lyrics to some extent are just the product of a singer's insecurity with singing. Votes: 3

Lyrics are kind of the whole thing; it's the message. Something might have a beautiful melody but if it's not the truth coming out of your mouth, it's not appealing. Votes: 3

Lyrics are kind of the whole thing; it's the message. Something might have a beautiful melody but if it's not the truth coming out of your mouth, it's not appealing Votes: 3

Lyrics should not need to stand on their own; many of [Bob] Dylan's do, but in common with other great lyricists, he has written plenty that falters on the page but soars in song. Votes: 3

Lyrics are very different. There is a clear line between that and a poem. Something that has been a source of great excitement and delight for me is this idea that I get to rhyme. Votes: 3

I think my melodies are superior to my lyrics. Votes: 2

I want to touch people's lives with my music and my lyrics. Votes: 2

Poetry and lyrics are very similar. Making words bounce off a page. Votes: 2

As a lyricist, you love to hear other great lyrics or other great concepts. Votes: 2

The Smiths hasn't been equaled. That goes for the composition of the songs, the lyrics, and the performance. Votes: 2

Anyone who wants to know who I am can just read my lyrics - I've always written about who I am. Votes: 2

If I look at my old lyrics, they seem to be full of rage, but empty. There was an emptiness in my life. Votes: 2

I always write lyrics first and the rhythm and the melody come from the lyrics. It always comes from the lyrics: words have rhythm and words have melody. Votes: 2

While writing, I tend to repeat the same song, endlessly, for thousands of times. This helps me ignore any lyrics, and helps create a consistent mood for each book. Votes: 2

How can you consider flower power outdated? The essence of my lyrics is the desire for peace and harmony. That's all anyone has ever wanted. How could it become outdated? Votes: 2

I need some kind of emotional stake in it to write my lyrics, assuming that place. It might just be an emotion I understand but am not currently experiencing necessarily. Votes: 2

I don't like lyrics that are just thrown together, that were obviously written as you went along, or the song was already written and the guy made up the lyrics in five minutes. Votes: 2

If you listen to the great Beatle records, the earliest ones where the lyrics are incredibly simple. Why are they still beautiful? Well, they're beautifully sung, beautifully played, and the mathematics in them is elegant. They retain their elegance. Votes: 2

Most of 'All Hail West Texas' was written during orientation at a new job I had. I had basically worked this job before, I knew this stuff, so I was writing lyrics in the margins of all the Xeroxed material. Votes: 2

With rock music, the amount of power that you can generate, the intensity behind the intentions of your lyrics that you can really reflect through rock music - you can't do that in jazz. You can't do that with classical. Votes: 2

I deliberate over the lyrics; I really do. I'll come up with one line in a day, and then it might be a couple of days before I come up with the rhyming line. It's never been easy for me. Votes: 2

I think maybe since there isn't a great deal of access to the mainstream media and people don't understand the language of mainstream media, if you put music out there with lyrics that are loosely political, people absorb some of it and spit it back out. Votes: 2

I started writing my own songs from the time I was a little kid. I would write my own lyrics to other people's songs that I heard on the radio and take whatever song and make it about fairies and angels - whatever little girls sing about. Votes: 2

But, Eminem... No, I've loved rap for a long time, especially when it got out of its first period and became this gangsta rap, ya know this heavy rap thing? That's when I started to fall in love with it. I loved the lyrics. I loved the beat. Votes: 2

Appetite for Destruction' was the only thing written with lyrics and melody fitting the guitar parts at the same time. After that, I got a barrage of guitar songs that I was supposed to put words to, and I don't know if that was the best thing for Guns. Votes: 2

When I was younger, I was terrified to express anger because it would often kick-start a horrible reaction in the men in my life. So I bit my tongue. I was left to painstakingly deal with the aftermath of my avoidance later in life, in therapy or through the lyrics of my songs. Votes: 2

Inspiration comes from so many sources. Music, other fiction, the non-fiction I read, TV shows, films, news reports, people I know, stories I hear, misheard words or lyrics, dreams... Motivation? The memory of the rush I get from a really good writing session - even on a bad day, I know I'll find that again if I keep going. Votes: 2

In all my work, in the movies I write, the lyrics, the poetry, the prose, the essays, I am saying that we may encounter many defeats - maybe it's imperative that we encounter the defeats - but we are much stronger than we appear to be and maybe much better than we allow ourselves to be. Human beings are more alike than unalike. Votes: 2

I know this will blow your mind, but most people would probably never ever get it, but I listen to classical music when nobody else is around. It calms me down and I can get into this, like, deep thinking mode, you know, because there's really no lyrics to it, so you're not following something that - that you're listening to a story. Votes: 2

When I realized I could write lyrics and let someone that I knew listen to them, but not know that the song was about them - say it was a girl. I could write this song about how I feel about this girl, I could play it to them. I just loved it, because all of the words would speak to them. I could see them slowly falling in love with me. Votes: 2

Every song with lyrics is lyrical. Votes: 0

Music is first, lyrics are secondary. Votes: 0

I'm not psychic, but my lyrics are. Votes: 0

Not follow me but follow the lyrics. Votes: 0

I privilege the music over the lyrics Votes: 0

I privilege the music over the lyrics. Votes: 0

But I always loved songs with great lyrics. Votes: 0

My lyrics are a big pile of contradictions, Votes: 0

But I always loved songs with great lyrics. Votes: 0

Did you write the words, or the lyrics? Votes: 0

It's really important that my lyrics are truthful. Votes: 0

I like to write my lyrics on clay tablets. Votes: 0

I really wanted to work hard on my lyrics. Votes: 0

My lyrics aren't offensive. Some people find everything offensive. Votes: 0

All the best lyrics are written in ten minutes. Votes: 0

My music and my lyrics are essentially emotional postcards. Votes: 0

Making music, creating lyrics comes very naturally to me. Votes: 0

Every song deserves lyrics. Deserves a story to tell. Votes: 0

I'm used to getting sexy sometimes in the lyrics. Votes: 0

I don't write lyrics, the lyrics write Thom Yorke Votes: 0

I try not get too self-aware when writing lyrics. Votes: 0

I have this theory, bands with enigmatic lyrics attract crazies. Votes: 0

I would always write lyrics and songs on the piano. Votes: 0

I actually find a lot of pleasure in writing lyrics. Votes: 0

We had to google the lyrics to our own song Votes: 0

A lot of people don't listen to the lyrics, really. Votes: 0

If your life had lyrics, would they be any good? Votes: 0

I love lyrics. They help me to figure things out. Votes: 0

I kind of need to be ambulatory to write lyrics. Votes: 0

I might lie a lot but never in my lyrics. Votes: 0

And also, I think Japan places great value on the lyrics. Votes: 0

My music and lyrics became an extension of this Indian philosophy. Votes: 0

A good idea for lyrics and a melody to expand on. Votes: 0

Don't call my lyrics poetry. It's an insult to real poets. Votes: 0

People pay attention to lyrics, and the race matter was delicate. Votes: 0

Here's the thing with lyrics: Words are just another musical instrument. Votes: 0

Moving pictures need sound as much as Beethoven symphonies need lyrics, Votes: 0

I'm not proud of the lyrics to 'Shake It Up.' Votes: 0

I'm not crazy about country-western music. But the lyrics are good. Votes: 0

Sex, death and war. And justice. There's no shortage of lyrics there. Votes: 0

Music is for making people happy, lyrics tell them who they are. Votes: 0

A right balance between music and lyrics is important. Music complements lyrics. Votes: 0

Life is like a beautiful melody, only the lyrics are messed up. Votes: 0

Sort of like, I have to make the Japanese lyrics really deep. Votes: 0

It's a natural tendency of mine to not even listen to lyrics. Votes: 0

I still to this day get the most inspiration from rap lyrics. Votes: 0

I write music to both the situations and the lyrics in plays. Votes: 0

People have no discrepancy for me or my lyrics or the song. Votes: 0

I'm not a big fan of Robert Plant's lyrics or his singing. Votes: 0

Human nature provides the lyrics, and we novelists just compose the music. Votes: 0

I get the lyrics of a tune and interpret them my way. Votes: 0

Sometimes people mishear my lyrics and think a song's about something it isn't. Votes: 0

Maybe the key to finding the perfect song is simply rewriting the lyrics. Votes: 0

My lyrics are for strong, independent women who are both smart and fashionable. Votes: 0

I can't' really sing a song unless I really connect with the lyrics. Votes: 0

If lyrics make people do things, how come we don't love each other? Votes: 0

I have way too many songs that have music but don't have lyrics. Votes: 0

I've gotten to a point where I don't want lyrics to mean anything. Votes: 0

My lyrics are my diary - you're hearing every detail of my life. Votes: 0

We all write the music, and then Mark and Tom write the lyrics. Votes: 0

Cynthia's lyrics always expressed the feelings people felt but they couldn't express themselves. Votes: 0

You can't ask me to explain the lyrics because I won't do it. Votes: 0

I'm not saying I'm God. But as far as lyrics, I'm God MC. Votes: 0

I felt a kinship with country music, because country has lyrics that tell stories Votes: 0

Pop music has always adopted the style of marrying upbeat melodies to dour lyrics. Votes: 0

I'm just worn down and weary of bands whose lyrics are cryptic and self-referential. Votes: 0

The problem isn't with rock lyrics, it's with the fabric of this society itself. Votes: 0

It's such a rush doing a concert and seeing people actually mouthing the lyrics. Votes: 0

When you are happy, you enjoy music, when you are sad, you understand lyrics Votes: 0

Blending is just like writing lyrics or finishing up the song, rearranging and arranging. Votes: 0

Usually, writing lyrics for me is like bleeding drop by drop from the forehead. Votes: 0

I'm a great believer in letting lyrics just flow out, wherever they come from. Votes: 0

We take gingko to sharpen our memories. We could be memorizing song lyrics instead. Votes: 0

That's one of the main thing with the lyrics - not giving any answers. Votes: 0

I like hip-hop music, but some of the lyrics make me want to cry. Votes: 0

I love knowing that people are connecting to my lyrics, my music and me. Votes: 0

And I think as long as a song has beautiful lyrics, I'm so happy. Votes: 0

To me, the lyrics of the song define the kind of style it is. Votes: 0

A lot of the time there is a lot of melancholy in the lyrics. Votes: 0

A lot of my lyrics are approximate meaning without me knowing why they sound right. Votes: 0

After all, nothing helps to write lyrics more than to mess around with the language. Votes: 0

Sometimes we focus on the lyrics too much and forget to dance to the music. Votes: 0

When you're happy you enjoy the music, but when you're sad you understand the lyrics. Votes: 0

If life is a song, you must be the superb lyrics to a sweet melody. Votes: 0

The deity on purpose [sings] the liveliest of all lyrics through the most miserable poet. Votes: 0

You have to be a poet to know how to write a song with lyrics. Votes: 0

The lyrics are different from Nick Cave songs and lyrics. His songs are very narrative. Votes: 0

When you're happy, you enjoy the music. But when you're sad, you understand the lyrics. Votes: 0

Music's staying power is a function of how timeless the lyrics, song and production are. Votes: 0

When you're happy, you enjoy the music but when you're sad, you undestand the lyrics. Votes: 0

If my lyrics mean something special to someone... that's the most important thing to me. Votes: 0

I write hate lyrics really well. It's not every day you can use them, really. Votes: 0

Most of my lyrics are little stories about my experiences or those of my friends. Votes: 0

I was never a 'sit down with a notepad and write lyrics' kind of person. Votes: 0

It takes more talent to write music, but it takes more courage to write lyrics. Votes: 0

I'm always writing; my phone is full of ideas - melodies and lyrics and stuff. Votes: 0

I write my lyrics into the computer and I hum my music into the dictaphone. Votes: 0

My lyrics are generated by various peculiar processes. Very random and similar to automatic writing. Votes: 0

Why write a song when no one can play the notes or understand the lyrics? Votes: 0

I find most modern country virtually unlistenable. I can't relate to the music or the lyrics. Votes: 0

For me, naming bands was the forerunner to really writing lyrics, because I work off titles. Votes: 0

My mother wrote lyrics and sang but was overtaken by life with four children and worked. Votes: 0

Most of the lyrics are rooted in my own experiences. But there is some sheer fabrication. Votes: 0

Imagination is the key to my lyrics. The rest is painted with a little science fiction. Votes: 0

I stand behind all the lyrics I've ever written; I don't have a problem with that. Votes: 0

I only know the lyrics to songs that I listened to between the ages of 11 and 15. Votes: 0

I always thought it was important for my lyrics to come from a really honest place. Votes: 0

I'm not that conscious of my writing, so pacing the lyrics doesn't really enter the picture. Votes: 0

Jay Z has some of the sickest lyrics ever, but I would never buy his CD. Votes: 0

Because God loves us, he gives us lyrics to sing when our hearts can't form words. Votes: 0

I think love lyrics have contributed to the general aura of bad mental health in America. Votes: 0

I hope that one or two immortal lyrics will come out of all this tumbling around. Votes: 0

I had written lyrics to a song called The Silent Extreme, which Alex later renamed Humans Being. Votes: 0

I'm definitely still putting effort into my lyrics, for them to be emotional and tell a story. Votes: 0

I used to play guitar for myself and write lyrics and listen to different styles of music. Votes: 0

I'm quite certain that the audience that I've got for my stuff don't listen to the lyrics. Votes: 0

Normally when I'm writing, in the beginning I don't think of lyrics at all. I'm just improvising. Votes: 0

I always start with the lyrics, because starting with the music means the words will be bad. Votes: 0

I'm always writing lyrics. I have so many lyrics on so many stray pieces of paper. Everywhere. Votes: 0

So one can say that I write all the time, that goes for the lyrics as well. Votes: 0

I create my own lyrics. I have a great band. I have a drummer from East Berlin. Votes: 0

Writing music and lyrics that mean something personal to me. It's an exciting, intense, cathartic, this-is-who-I-am experience. Votes: 0

I like to play the piano with lyrics as if it was a piece of love letter. Votes: 0

Most of all I like to sing my heart out to lyrics that really speak to people. Votes: 0

Some things remain fragments, just the lyrics and melodies or a line or two or a verse. Votes: 0

Words are what make the song. I get a personal vision about what the lyrics are about. Votes: 0

The best way to compliment an emcee is to say his lyrics. That's how you say, "Hello." Votes: 0

I would say I'd rather dig a ditch, you know, do hard, manual labor than write lyrics. Votes: 0

I want to make an album with just great beats and big vocals and just amazing lyrics. Votes: 0

To me, the lyrics mean more then the music, and that's the way it should always be. Votes: 0

If lyrics sold then truth be told/I'd probably be just as rich and famous as Jay-Z. Votes: 0

People ask how I think up my thoughts. Mostly I think them up while reading Paul Simon's lyrics. Votes: 0

A lot of underground hip-hop will inspire me as far as rhyme patterns - really wordy, intelligent lyrics. Votes: 0

I get the music, I get the beats. And I go to the studios and write the lyrics. Votes: 0

I look at the lyrics, and if that's something honest for me at the moment, I'll sing it. Votes: 0

I used to know all the lyrics to all the songs from 'The Phantom of the Opera.' Votes: 0

sometimes music isn't just a bunch of sounds and lyrics, sometimes it's more than that: a time machine... Votes: 0

After that, I specifically started writing lyrics. I would like sweat and think and get it all together. Votes: 0

The lyrics are constructed as empirically as the music. I don't set out to say anything very important. Votes: 0

For me, singing was always about the lyrics. I'm hopeless at singing songs that don't have a core. Votes: 0

As a songwriter, I don't rush. I may sit on lyrics for two years before the music hits. Votes: 0

I just learned my lyrics and tried not to bump into the trumpet player. That was my philosophy. Votes: 0

Song Sung Blue took a lot of compressing and refining, and it has one of my favorite lyrics. Votes: 0

When you know the lyrics to a tune, you have some kind of insight as to it's composition. Votes: 0

It was such a sweet, sad song with such sweet, sad lyrics. Old-fashioned a little, but also timeless. Votes: 0

In whatever form it takes, life sings because it has a song. The meaning is in the lyrics. Votes: 0

To go on the road and see people sing my own lyrics back to me is just fantastic. Votes: 0

Industry executives sacrificed art for what sells and mega-stars now saturate the market with the same tired lyrics. Votes: 0

I am a big Pink Floyd fan. That is where a lot of the concept lyrics come from. Votes: 0

I wanted people to connect with the lyrics, even if it's in some weird way, because they're all personal. Votes: 0

People get so upset about lyrics, and they're probably totally cool with horror movies. That doesn't really make sense. Votes: 0

I don't like to get too specific about lyrics. It places limitations on them, and spoils the listeners' interpretation. Votes: 0

I'm terrible remembering lyrics. Before a tour, I have to remind myself. I have to go through the songs. Votes: 0

I have found in black metal the lyrics are profoundly beautiful... a pathos and mythos at the same time. Votes: 0

I make up new lyrics to well-known lullabies. Mostly because I don't actually know a lot of the lyrics. Votes: 0

What is the point of singing wonderful lyrics if the audience can't understand what is being said or heard? Votes: 0

I didn't really start writing music or lyrics or turning them into songs until I went to San Francisco. Votes: 0

I have had much to learn from Sweden's poetry and, more especially, from her lyrics of the last generation. Votes: 0

I don't really plan what comes out of my mouth, and that's what makes most of my lyrics entertaining. Votes: 0

We think we understand a song's lyrics but what makes us believe in them, or not, is the music Votes: 0

I wrote lyrics that were intensely personal to me a few years ago. Maybe people know me better now. Votes: 0

I think of a song in terms of lyrics and stories, and that's what keeps it country for me. Votes: 0

I've always been a fan of country music. It's America's music - I love the songs, love the lyrics. Votes: 0

When you look at the lyrics of 'Sometimes When We Touch,' it's really very much an adolescent song. Votes: 0

I put a lot of work into my lyrics. Not all my stuff is meant to be scrutinized, though. Votes: 0

I used to sit on the roof of the apartment where Jim Morrison used to write his early lyrics Votes: 0

The lyrics were my sarcastic way of realizing you can't be the king of the hill all the time. Votes: 0

Outlandish lyrics sung by smiling people in perfect harmony. Has that edge of surprise...a little nuts and really funny. Votes: 0

I've always written poetry and lyrics. My first husband, who was a musician, we wrote a bunch of songs together. Votes: 0

Sometimes it's liberating to confront horrible things in lyrics as a way to master the shadow-self that exists in everyone. Votes: 0

For me the music is a vehicle for my lyrics. It's a chance to get some really good words across. Votes: 0

If you actually dissect the lyrics in 'Motley Crue', you'll notice that there's a lot going on beneath the surface. Votes: 0

Until I can visualise what the lyrics are about and see the story or whatever, I can't hear the melody. Votes: 0

I'm not really into the whole lyrics thing; I just like to make music that people like to listen to. Votes: 0

I saw "Follies" again at thirty, and you know, I had this great appreciation for [Stephen] Sondheim's brilliance, his lyrics. Votes: 0

The lyrics are critical of dogmatic belief, too, as I see it in many lifestyles and philosophy religious or otherwise. Votes: 0

I probably listen to more instrumental music than music with lyrics, but at the same time I do love both. Votes: 0

If you really look at my lyrics, nobody's exempt. Nobody's exempt from observation, criticism or what I think is correction. Votes: 0

Im not really into the whole lyrics thing; I just like to make music that people like to listen to. Votes: 0

Shay sometimes talked in a mysterious way, like she was quoting the lyrics of some band no one else listened to. Votes: 0

I like my lyrics to feel conversational and truthful, as if we're having real talk. I don't really like generic lyrics. Votes: 0

It'd be tricky to read into my lyrics - some are autobiographical, but sometimes I just like the sound of words. Votes: 0

If rock-and-roll is well done, there's nothing so terribly wrong with that kind of music. But the lyrics are another story. Votes: 0

All my lyrics are open to interpretation by the individual and imply many different meanings, therefore their relevance is purely subjective. Votes: 0

Lyrical content is very important to me. I'm always trying to make sure the lyrics and music complement each other perfectly. Votes: 0

I think the overall mood of the music informs the artwork, but I've found that good lyrics can be inspirational, too. Votes: 0

With this record [The Colour and the Shape], I started taking the lyrics more seriously. This is a very personal album. Votes: 0

There's no magic for getting into the groove... just banging away at it. Sometimes the lyrics come first, sometimes the music. Votes: 0

I saw an interview with Jay-Z where he said he didn't write down any of his lyrics, so I tried that. Votes: 0

I love artists who have spirituality. Jonathan Coulton is the man, I love his melodies and lyrics. Chap-hop is the bomb! Votes: 0

The lyrics aren't simple, either. They're extremely difficult because I'm trying to say complicated things in as few words as possible. Votes: 0

I try to write in a way where the lyrics have many meanings and you won't really know what's behind it. Votes: 0

Every time I get up in the morning, melodies occur to me and I start trying to shape lyrics to melodies. Votes: 0

Most of the lyrics are over a year old, and it doesn't feel like it's about me. Time created a distance. Votes: 0

When you have four people writing lyrics instead of one person, the lyrics are going to be a little more broad. Votes: 0

People really listen to your lyrics if you rap. So, I had to make sure that they were clear and concise. Votes: 0

Sometimes I start just on the piano with a melody or musical idea that kind of leads me to certain lyrics. Votes: 0

Basically, no one else gives me any opinions on lyrics. I don't ask for them. If they did, I would listen. Votes: 0

I love the sad songs with their maudlin, self-deprecating, almost funny lyrics. As an Englishman, they make a lot of sense. Votes: 0

Rap music is amazing, it's beautiful. But the problem is the lyrics. The person who writes the lyrics - that's the problem. Votes: 0

In a novel, the biggest symbiosis exists between plot and character. In a song, it would be the lyrics and the melody. Votes: 0

In fact, I love singing. I just have a small problem with pitch, tune, melody, and lyrics. But that's never stopped me. Votes: 0

I feel like I'm still learning a lot with writing lyrics. In the beginning, like the first record, I wasn't so aware. Votes: 0

My lyrics say I have morals, I have confidence, I have weaknesses, I have strong points, that I am a human being. Votes: 0

I think because I was brought up in a Christian home, I was kind of careful not to swear in my lyrics. Votes: 0

Frank [Zappa] was not a big fan of having lyrics, but sometimes he had things to say that lent themselves to lyrics. Votes: 0

But then you have to write a song, so at that point, I picked up the reins and started to write lyrics. Votes: 0

I write lyrics. I play the guitar. If the rest of the band had to do my schedule, they would be dead Votes: 0

I find I always throw limbs here and there in my lyrics. I kind of put my physical self into the songs. Votes: 0

I write most of my own lyrics for my album and I am helping to produce some of the songs as well. Votes: 0

The thing is, in English I'm able to write the lyrics as I'm making the song, once I'm done with the melody. Votes: 0

Usually [the lyrics] go from one word to the next word - there's no finish line. The music was that way, too. Votes: 0

If it's the beginning of something - like an album, I'm working on the lyrics and I take a walkman and headset. Votes: 0

I sing 'All Apologies' with my own lyrics. People want to sing along, but then, oops, they realize it's a different story. Votes: 0

We all decided that from the start, me and Richey can't write music but we can write lyrics and look pretty tarty. Votes: 0

When I first started writing lyrics and stuff, I was writing it to garage, and obviously garage kind of progressed to grime. Votes: 0

I write music all the time. When I talk about having writer's block, it's more to do with lyrics than anything else Votes: 0

Music should come crashing out of your speakers and grab you, and the lyrics should challenge whatever preconceived notions that listener has. Votes: 0

I write music all the time. When I talk about having writer's block, it's more to do with lyrics than anything else. Votes: 0

I've also been writing for other artists, producing other artists, doing some country stuff. Those lyrics I tend to leave more universal. Votes: 0

I feel there is always room for good music. I want to reach people's soul with my lyrics through whatever vessel God chooses. Votes: 0

You stand for nothing. You respect nobody. The music you dance to is devoid of beauty, its lyrics empty of humor or cleverness. Votes: 0

I never wrote music or arranged songs or lyrics when I was under the influence of anything but coffee. That's not gone away. Votes: 0

You can write very obtuse and abstract lyrics, and if they want to, people are going to find something amazing that you're saying. Votes: 0

I wanna be able to stand on the stage and hold out the mic and people sing all the lyrics to my song. Votes: 0

You always know when a real inspiration is behind the melody, arrangements, even lyrics. And I know that's really vague, but it's true. Votes: 0

Sondheim is my god; I love the man. I learned a great deal about writing from his work, his lyrics, and his structure. Votes: 0

I listen to some of the lyrics I used to write and I say, "Where was my head at when I wrote that?" Votes: 0

Songwriters might write cynical, world-wise lyrics and constantly talk about money, but most of us are downright naive when it comes to business. Votes: 0

It's a combination of melody and lyrics, not one without the other. It's a confluence of these different elements that makes something powerful. Votes: 0

I would be too self-conscious if I just thought of writing lyrics for a song. I have to trick myself into doing it. Votes: 0

Its a combination of melody and lyrics, not one without the other. Its a confluence of these different elements that makes something powerful. Votes: 0

I tend to get a little quirkier and crazier with my lyrics and come from a different angle when I'm writing for myself. Votes: 0

Music straightjackets a poem and prevents it from breathing on its own, whereas it liberates a lyric. Poetry doesn't need music; lyrics do. Votes: 0

To all companies please stop using Xmas songs and inserting your own lyrics. Write your own music. I am boycotting you until you stop. Votes: 0

I never really liked poetry readings; I liked to read poetry by myself, but I liked singing, chanting my lyrics to this jazz group. Votes: 0

For several centuries what has passed for song in literary circles was any text that looked like the lyrics for a commonplace melodic setting. Votes: 0

There have always been jokes all over our songs; I originally started writing lyrics to make my friends crack a smile, which is difficult. Votes: 0

Surf is that music which is entirely about evoking something. There's never any vocals, so it's not about the lyrics, it's about the reverb. Votes: 0

See, I never wrote arrangements for the band for Judy Garland; I did strictly special material, special lyrics, put together all of her medleys. Votes: 0

What's interesting about songs where the writer is genuinely in love with words is that it's easy to read the lyrics like a poem. Votes: 0

I was left to painstakingly deal with the aftermath of my avoidance later in life, in therapy or through the lyrics of my songs. Votes: 0

I can't read music and I'm crap at learning lyrics. Especially since the accident I have memory problems. I can't remember words, names, places. Votes: 0

I just like writing lyrics. I find a little satisfaction in performing live, making records. But primarily, I just try to write every day. Votes: 0

Soul lyrics, soul music came at about the same time as the civil rights movement, and it's very possible that one influenced the other. Votes: 0

A song is a song. But there are some songs, ah, some songs are the greatest. The Beatles song Yesterday. Listen to the lyrics. Votes: 0

I know that my fans will probably learn a lot about me by listening to my music, if they really listen to the lyrics. Votes: 0

Music was my friend when I was a teenager, and I would inhabit and take comfort in lyrics. That's how I want to write. Votes: 0

Playing the guitar, you kind of lock into a rhythm and a groove, and then it relaxes me to make up lyrics and sing. Votes: 0

I try to focus on the melodies and try to make everything else minimal. The melody and the lyrics are most important to me. Votes: 0

Everything I do is very visual and very aural, so I don't read music, and I draw as much as I write out lyrics. Votes: 0

When Chaplin found a voice to say what was on his mind, he was like a child of eight writing lyrics for Beethoven's Ninth. Votes: 0

If a voice is just too nice, without an edge, it kinda all flows by. You forget it. You don't listen to the lyrics. Votes: 0

I hate to say this, but I always listen to the music and the instrumentation first, and then grab on to the lyrics later. Votes: 0

If you wanted to, it would be easy to find some crappy lyrics [of Bob Dylan] from the Eighties to undermine the Nobel Prize. Votes: 0

I don't really know what inspires me to write the music I do, but usually, the music will set the tone for the lyrics. Votes: 0

So much of rock lyrics is just a mirror of real feeling. It doesn't feel dangerous to me. They just feel like "rock lyrics." Votes: 0

I can't write - out of all the things it takes to make music, lyrics are the thing I'm by far the shittiest at. Votes: 0

I will concentrate on playing guitar, on lyrics and on singing. I am a part of things; I am not the encompassing 'Smog.' Votes: 0

In both pop and disco, the meaning of the lyrics is not too important. I have nothing I feel I particularly want to say. Votes: 0

When I'm playing guitar, I just try and put those words into lyrics and just try a few things. It's all over the place. Votes: 0

Alot of my lyrics are about beating my children. 'Hit the bottom and escape' is a cry for help. oh god someone stop me Votes: 0

I'm writing a record of comedy songs. I'm doing all these collaborations with artists. I bring them lyrics and they write the music to it. Votes: 0

I didn't really want to write just lyrics, but I wanted to meet Leonard Bernstein. Music was always the first reason I was writing songs. Votes: 0

I'm a great believer in not over-thinking lyrics. You might become technically better as a songwriter, but you lose what originally made your songs great. Votes: 0

I carry my iPod everywhere. My favorite group is the John Butler Trio, an Australian jam band. The lead singer and guitarist writes amazing lyrics. Votes: 0

CD's are amazing because you get the artwork, you get to look at the lyrics, you get to look at the behind-the-scenes photos or something. Votes: 0

I FEEL THE MOST ALIVE WHEN I'M SINGING. I ALSO GET TO BE THE MAIL MAN FOR SOME OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL LYRICS EVER WRITTEN. Votes: 0

But I don't like working on lyrics publicly in the studio - I prefer to take them away and work on them in my bedroom. Votes: 0

The first thing that inspires any song is a chord progression. When I have one I really like, I get into the lyrics even more. Votes: 0

The younger people get into the lyrics in a different way; there's much more of a tactile understanding, which is the way I prefer it. Votes: 0

If you want meaning, you read poetry or a novel or something, you don't read song lyrics. You're supposed to listen to them with music. Votes: 0

I usually start writing stories from tone and not from content - kind of like people who create music and invent the lyrics later on. Votes: 0

If conversation was the lyrics, laughter was the music, making time spent together a melody that could be replayed over and over without getting stale. Votes: 0

I really like worship music. It settles my soul. Gets me back on track. The lyrics are almost like a prayer, so it's my go-to. Votes: 0

A lot of people listening to music now don't listen to the songs or lyrics at all. They just go, "Good tones..." and that's it. Votes: 0

Once I went into songwriting, I figured I had to - I couldn't be a hellfire rock 'n' roller. But I could write hellfire lyrics. Votes: 0

In rap, as in most popular lyrics, a very low standard is set for rhyme; but this was not always the case with popular music. Votes: 0

A song is a song. But there are some songs, ah, some songs are the greatest. The Beatles song 'Yesterday.' Listen to the lyrics. Votes: 0

You would find in a lot of Zep stuff that the riff was the juggernaut that careered through and I worked the lyrics around this. Votes: 0

I don't think lyrics need to be deep - just write whatever comes out of you. You don't need to find intense meaning in everything. Votes: 0

I let the music set the tone of the lyrics.I allowed myself to write more about relationships and emotions, in a girly way almost. Votes: 0

It was a period when they used to read into our lyrics a lot, used to think there was more in them than there was. Votes: 0

When I pick up the guitar, it's a melody, and that's what drives the lyrics. It's bits and pieces of truth, but it is storytelling. Votes: 0

My beats and my production aren't dark or emo by any means; it's basically the lyrics I think, and the melody sometimes can be too. Votes: 0

The first thing that inspires any song is a chord progression. When I have one I really like, I get into the lyrics even more. Votes: 0

I usually have a song in my head. I'm thinking music, I'm thinking lyrics. Music helps me get to those moments. The moments between the moments. Votes: 0

Music critics think of lyrics first and don't consider melody but so many songs are lyrically depressing but musically great, and that's why they become classics. Votes: 0

If you listen to old Jerry Lee Lewis records, he'll always - about nine times out of 10 have the lyrics different than the original record is. Votes: 0

The music and lyrics of Rodgers & Hammerstein connect seamlessly. Singing those beautiful songs was a joyous experience for me, and one that I will never forget. Votes: 0

To write lyrics and sing stuff used to be a real chore for me, especially before this 'Diamond Eyes' record. I was spending years making records. Votes: 0

Chelsea Morning is a great Joni Mitchell song and I guess I'm partial to her lyrics because they show me a slightly different perspective on life. Votes: 0

Music is also one of the great heart openers. Sometimes, you hear the lyrics of a song and you dance, laugh, smile, or perhaps even cry. Votes: 0

I've always felt that dark lyrics with dark music is pretty useless. Maybe that's a strong statement - not useless, but for me, it's just boring. Votes: 0

I'm a Gemini, so I'm very dual. I love something and I hate it at the same time, so that probably comes out in the lyrics. Votes: 0

I don't see myself as the boss. I sing and write the songs, and it would feel strange if somebody else wrote the lyrics I sang. Votes: 0

No one comes up to me asking for a crack dealer's number. People come up to me to talk about lyrics, about music, about the band. Votes: 0

I have one piece of music, since 1997, and I don't see it having lyrics. Where does it go in this world? So I haven't recorded it. Votes: 0

You're like the lyrics to my favorite song. You stick with me all day long. And when I reach the end I wanna hear it again. Votes: 0

I don't have a set working style. Some lyrics come really slow, others come in 10 minutes while I'm watching basketball. They're always a surprise to me. Votes: 0

I have a lot of questions and I don't have that many answers. So what better place to exercise those thoughts than the lyrics, I guess. Votes: 0

I have to have a guitar sitting around. I sing in the shower. I sing around the house. The music comes secondary. The lyrics come first. Votes: 0

I wanted to write some lyrics that had some meaning to them, lyrics that were meaningful to me and hopefully people can take something from that. Votes: 0

Most Radiohead songs are actually REM songs, I just have a mentally ill child read the lyrics aloud and then I change the melodies a bit. Votes: 0

You can be very efficient with lyrics, and you can get the heart fluttering or soaring or make someone cry with a really amazing dance song. Votes: 0

When I collaborated with Nelly Furtado, the idea for the song structure came from myself, but the lyrics and the ideas behind the songs came from her. Votes: 0

I am honored and quite proud that a class is being taught on my sensationalist lyrics, unique style and fashion and leadership role within the hip-hop community. Votes: 0

Now who is the king of these lewd, ludicrous, lucrative lyrics; who could inherit the title, to put the youth in hysterics; using his music as spirit Votes: 0

I am a musical-theater nut. When the lyrics, orchestration, and performance all come together just right, I come alive and can feel every cell in my body. Votes: 0

I'm not crazy about country-western music. But the lyrics are good. "I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy" is pretty clever. Votes: 0

There is a great temptation with songs, melodies and lyrics to overcomplicate them but in fact, you find that the most enduring melodies are often the simplest. Votes: 0

I always loved rapping ever since Snoop said "1-2-3-4," I was repeating lines, but I didn't start writing my own lyrics until I was twelve. Votes: 0

At times, it could be a bit difficult to understand everything that's being said when just listening, but I wanted the lyrics to be the first impression. Votes: 0

The lyrics, the strings, the chords, everything comes at the moment like a gift that is put right into your head and that's how I hear it. Votes: 0

I never find myself even catching lyrics until something in the sound has taken me captive. Thinking about anything else is just the pleasurable byproduct of wow. Votes: 0

You can try and read my lyrics off of this paper before I lay 'emBut you won't take the sting out these words before I say 'em Votes: 0

I think a domestic situation can change you and your attitudes. I suppose if you did get a bit content, then you might not write savage lyrics. Votes: 0

There's Eddie's conviction and his lyrics and his ideals, and he can just rock straight out. His vocals are incredible. And we all are really competent musicians. Votes: 0

Man, that record came out and was real big in Memphis. They started playing it, and it got real big. Don't know why-the lyrics had no meaning. Votes: 0

I think the melody is the first time I hear in a song and if I like the melody, then I'll pay closer attention to the lyrics. Votes: 0

I try to write lyrics so that they won't age, which sort of leaves you with the big subjects like death and love and sex and violence. Votes: 0

When I write lyrics, it's only when I'm angry or hurt or sad. So lyrically it's never really easy going. And the music is always really intense. Votes: 0

It was so much fun conducting an orchestra and watching the musicians' faces as some of Kanye's lyrics went by. They couldn't believe what was going on. Votes: 0

To me, Doors fans were always the 16-year-old idiots at parties, getting stoned, and talking about how Morrison's lyrics were like poetry... like that was a deep thought. Votes: 0

I think it is optimistic and positive - it's quite contradictory in that sense - from the lyrics. Until you actually read them, maybe they can seem contradictory. Votes: 0

Work It Harder Make It BetterDo It Faster, Makes Us strongerMore Than Ever Hour AfterOur Work Is Never Over-Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger, lyrics and music by Daft Punk Votes: 0

We singers have a different level of responsibility from other musicians. We have words that we must convey; we have meanings that we must convey through these lyrics. Votes: 0

When you'd buy vinyl, you'd have this lovely-sized object with a lovely picture, and you'd read the lyrics and usually there was something artistic that went with it. Votes: 0

After 9/11, we realized that all these silly culture wars, and arguing about rock lyrics... who cares? You know, we, for some reason, remembered what our real problems are. Votes: 0

If a psychiatrist would analyze [the lyrics], I'm sure they'd come up with something interesting. I really don't try to twist them. I don't want to slash things. Votes: 0

Writing music and lyrics, you tend to become a control freak - sitting alone in your room with a bare light bulb over your head, writing communist manifestos. Votes: 0

It's crazy to see people having tattooed my lyrics on their body, and quite frankly writing is just an outlet for my voice and getting it out there. Votes: 0

I want people to listen to my lyrics and be okay with themselves. The people who have it the roughest are homosexuals who come out of the closet. Votes: 0

Her happiness floated like waves of ocean along the coast of her life. She found lyrics of her life in his arms but she never sung her song. Votes: 0

I detest 'love lyrics.' I think one of the causes of bad mental health in the United States is that people have been raised on 'love lyrics. Votes: 0

I was babysitting the night High School Musical premiered last year. I watched with the kids and we sang along to the lyrics. I was making $12 an hour. Votes: 0

There is no gender to my music. There's no male or female voice, no trite lyrics or poetry. It's much more abstract, so it lives with you longer. Votes: 0

I'm like part of the Kurt Cobain school of writing lyrics, which is the syntax of the words is more important than... is where it all comes from. Votes: 0

A lot of Woody Guthrie's songs were taken from other songs. He would rework the melody and lyrics, and all of a sudden it was a Woody Guthrie song. Votes: 0

Sondheim writes the music and lyrics, and because he's so smart and goes so deep with his feelings, there's a lot to explore, get involved with and learn about. Votes: 0

The Japanese version comes with a translation, but that's different from the lyrics, so people could look things up and find a translation of their own if they're interested. Votes: 0

The best song lyrics seem to me so artful, so brilliant, so warm and humorous, with both passion and wit, that my admiration is matched only by my envy. Votes: 0

One difference between poetry and lyrics is that lyrics sort of fade into the background. They fade on the page and live on the stage when set to music. Votes: 0

I'd much rather talk about guitar playing. I hate it when people ask me about my lyrics. I always feel like telling them to just go and read them. Votes: 0

I'd like to do a song that I wrote today about our government's increasing infringement on our right to privacy, but the lyrics mysteriously disappeared from my guitar case. Votes: 0

I like mindless disco... they say the lyrics are stupid and repetitious. So what's wrong with that? So is lying in the sun. Not everything has to be serious. Votes: 0

Sometimes I'll get a burst when I write lyrics, it usually happens in 20 minutes and I'll write the whole song, and that's really the only way it feels comfortable. Votes: 0

I write the lyrics based on what is going on in my life - I'm not going to write about the old hair metal stuff, like castles and stuff. Votes: 0

I generally have lyrics first, but you can't help that when you're writing lyrics you start to get a melody in your head. So they come kind of simultaneously. Votes: 0

Why in the hell do journalists insist on coming up with a second rate Freudian evaluation on my lyrics when 90 percent of the time they've transcribed the lyrics incorrectly? Votes: 0

Sometimes I'll have a whole song done without having a beat - I'll just rap on an instrumental tempo and recreate a whole new song just around the lyrics. Votes: 0

There's not much longevity in music today. It's so easy to go in, put some pretentious lyrics on, with people saying the same thing over and over and over. Votes: 0

Music - not just the lyrics, but the music itself - expresses confused or illicit passions: rage, lust, envy, frustration, channeling these energies and creating an outlet for them. Votes: 0

Inspiration comes from so many sources. Music, other fiction, the non-fiction I read, TV shows, films, news reports, people I know, stories I hear, misheard words or lyrics, dreams Votes: 0

I can be stupid in my lyrics or say whatever I want without having to worry about anybody else's feeling or anybody being embarrassed by it or anything like that. Votes: 0

'Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow,' if you go through the lyrics, is such a haunting melody, and the words are, for a pop song, pretty deep and dark. Votes: 0

Since I was a kid, when I pick up my guitar it's been hard for me to write some sort of bubblegum lyrics. It's not really ever been my route. Votes: 0

I really love the fact that instrumental music can have you do your own inner-movies or your own visuals to the sound. There's not lyrics dictating what you should feel. Votes: 0

It doesn't bother me when people try to deconstruct my songs - because at least they're looking at the lyrics, and paying attention to the way the story is told. Votes: 0

One of the hardest things about writing lyrics is to make the lyrics sit on the music in such a way that you're not aware there was a writer there. Votes: 0

It's weird to try to write lyrics for somebody else. They can't really get behind what you're saying or what you want them to say because they didn't experience it. Votes: 0

Blake has always been a favorite, the lyrics, not so much the prophetic books, but I suppose Yeats influenced me more as a young poet, and the American, Robert Frost. Votes: 0

I came from battling, knowing about the lyrics. All that's cool, but if you want people to love you, you have to talk to them about what they go through. Votes: 0

Quite often, lyrics get misunderstood - and I never mind that. I guess what all artists want is for their work to touch someone or for it to bethought provoking. Votes: 0

The music, I think, is just as important as the lyrics; it portrays the emotion of the song. I play the kind of music that I want to listen to. Votes: 0

I remember when I was very young, I read an article by Fats Domino which has really influenced me. He said, 'You should never sing the lyrics out very clearly. Votes: 0

I pay attention to lyrics and I know what rap fans care about. I try to write for the average listener and I'm conscious of the mainstream without selling out. Votes: 0

I'm not a lyric writer to make statements. What I enjoy doing is making paintings with lyrics, creating colorful images. I think that's more what entertainment and music should be. Votes: 0

Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow,' if you go through the lyrics, is such a haunting melody, and the words are, for a pop song, pretty deep and dark. Votes: 0

The music starts as being way separate from the lyrics, and I write - I have notebooks that I fill with drawings and just words, and stuff that I've written. Votes: 0

I change lyrics to the songs all the time, too. I don't know if it matters in a lot of ways because you can take what you want from it. Votes: 0

Tori Amos had a major influence on how I craft words in a song. Until I heard 'Little Earthquakes' all my lyrics used really obvious analogies like rain for tears. Votes: 0

You can get into a comfort zone writing lyrics, like wearing a mask. But I wanted to feel uncomfortable when I was listening back to [the lyrics]; I wanted to squirm. Votes: 0

It's funny, I write lyrics in a bizarre way - I'm always writing lyrics, mostly when we're traveling or walking around New York, that's when I'm writing most of the stuff. Votes: 0

I write a lot of lyrics and I'm involved in the producing process, because it's like, if I'm singing it, I want it to be something that I can relate to. Votes: 0

No matter how many times people try to pick my lyrics apart ... nobody will really understand what these songs truly mean to me because I would rather not get into it. Votes: 0

Right now, I'm Writing song lyrics. Experimenting with a play. Toying with an idea for a documentary. I hope one of these will eventually be launched into the light of day. Votes: 0

Originally, the lyrics to "Girl" were really upbeat, and then it didn't work for me somehow. You need the dichotomy. If you're doing something happy and light, you need the shadows. Votes: 0

In my songs, I'm not saying something that's never been said before. The have lyrics aren't going to blow people away. It's the emotion and the melody that drive it home. Votes: 0

I don't think my lyrics go so well when I try to sound poetic. Some people do that really well. If I did that I'd feel like it wouldn't be genuine. Votes: 0

I've actually had a melody on my guitar since the day I learned how to play it, back when I was 7. And for some reason I can't add lyrics to it. Votes: 0

Bands that have positive lyrics that give people hope, I applaud them, you know I think we need to see more bands come out like that. I think it is great. Votes: 0

Our music may sound big emotionally, but that's more to do with the playing, the level of musicianship and the full-on energy. Often, the lyrics are often quite small and focused. Votes: 0

Maybe one day I'll write my rock album so I can use more obscure references and just be weird. If the lyrics are too crazy, though, then it's not pop anymore. Votes: 0

Listen to the lyrics - we're singing about everyday life: rich people trying to keep money, poor people tying to get it, and everyone having trouble with their husband or wife! Votes: 0

I basically try not to waste any lines in any of my songs, and I think the witty phrases and funny lyrics I have bring a smarter sound to college hip-hop. Votes: 0

I do believe that when I'm writing music, I get addicted to the music of the concept of what the outcome of the song is, or the passion behind the lyrics. Votes: 0

I tend to like simple music. And clever, succinct lyrics. Songs that don't try to be more than they need to to be effective, to stir up something emotionally within you. Votes: 0

In Van Halen there were moments, like in some of the ballads, I put my heart and soul into those records. Those lyrics when I sang 'em, I gave myself goosebumps. Votes: 0

[The lyrics and melody] usually come a little simultaneously, but I would say the lyrics are first; usually I have the idea for a story in my head, or few lines. Votes: 0

Isn't it so sad that a lot of the teenagers of this generation know most of the lyrics to countless of worldly songs, but don't know any verse in the bible? Votes: 0

Hopefully people can look at our band and see that we're a heavy rock band. We're definitely not a metal band, but we're a band that focuses on meaningful lyrics and melody. Votes: 0

I started writing lyrics out of desperation. I was broke and wondering where my next job, my next meal was coming from, although I had had several successful revue songs on Broadway. Votes: 0

I grew up with all kinds ofmusic, but my heart was particularly drawn to Country Music because of the guitar playing, the lyrics and of artists like Steve Warner and Vince Gill. Votes: 0

There will always be some kid who's the new Kurt Cobain writing great lyrics and singing from his soul. The problem is they're not marketing that anymore or putting it out there. Votes: 0

When you're given a song, it's my job to record the lyrics, story and emotion, and make everyone who is listening to the song believe that it was my words and experience. Votes: 0

Whether someone wants to learn the words to a new Lady Gaga song they heard on the radio or to verify the lyrics to 'Blinded by the Light', the LyricWiki community delivers. Votes: 0

For the version of this CD released in Japan, a translation of the English lyrics is included, but there are lots of places where meanings are lost in the process of translation. Votes: 0

The craziest part of being on tour is being overseas and having crazed fans so far away from home. They don't speak English, but they still know the lyrics. That's a trip. Votes: 0

I stay true to my lyrics. If I go back and look at them in hindsight, the emotions I had when I wrote them have passed. It feels unjustified to change them. Votes: 0

Gilmartins voice is angelic, but her lyrical subjects are often serious and slightly sad. The conflict of the beauty of her voice and the sadness of her lyrics makes for great music! Votes: 0

I don't have any favourite lyrics. Honestly, all of them I love 'em to death - it's the same with songs. I don't have just one favourite lyric, I love them all. Votes: 0

I think my voice worked out fine, but it was a lot of work for me. And I was very self-conscious about it. I was a bit self-conscious about writing lyrics too. Votes: 0

Typically I go in the studio and whatever I'm contemplating that day will wind up being a song. I don't come in with lyrics... I just go in and let it happen. Votes: 0

If you can say the lyrics almost like a poem and they stand up, that's a great thing. Some songs have great lyrics and I don't like the melodies, and vice versa. Votes: 0

Adam does most of the work when it comes to videos and he basically does the same as I do with the lyrics. The videos are his visual interpretations of our music. Votes: 0

If the lyrics have meaning to it and it gives me a certain emotion, I think that's the most beautiful part about music - you can feel it and connect to it. Votes: 0

Bob Dylan has a way with words that simply blows me away. When he forgets his lyrics he just makes up new ones on the spot, that is what I called talented! Votes: 0

I'm not afraid to go out on a limb, style-wise or with lyrics. I don't ever want to be afraid to cut those types of songs because radio might not play it. Votes: 0

Ironically, when I was playing in my first band, I would deliberately not write down any lyrics. I have a really good memory and I would just keep them in my head. Votes: 0

Yorke's lyrics make me want to give up. I could never in my wildest dreams find something as beautiful as they find for a single song - let alone album after album. Votes: 0

Frankly I don't listen to lyrics (a problem in that I apparently work in musical theatre) I just want a good tune that doesn't require the use of too much grey matter. Votes: 0

I changed the lyrics of 'All I Need Is the Girl' to 'All I Need Is the Job' for an audition years ago. It's a great ice-breaker - people want to laugh. Votes: 0

I write the music because I can't really write lyrics. But I can write chords like Robin's never heard of. So I provide the music for them to add the lyrics to. Votes: 0

A great song for me is when I hear it and it's contagious. The lyrics and the melody, if grows on you once and you want to hear it over and over again. Votes: 0

For the record, I am not an admitted homosexual, nor am I a homosexual, though I do know the lyrics to every show tune ever written, which might perhaps account for the confusion. Votes: 0

Music doesn't have to have lyrics; it doesn't have to be a particular type of music - it has the ability to bring out really strong and hopefully good emotional reactions in people. Votes: 0

When I write lyrics, I really do go into an automatic folk appropriation mode. I see the vernacular register of 20th century song as being a bunch of forms to adapt and reconfigure. Votes: 0

I was listening to all those lyrics and trying to take in everything that was happening. I was completely excited. It was one of the greatest times that I had listening to music. Votes: 0

As a teenager and a young adult, I never felt like my own story was interesting enough to tell, so I always wrote lyrics from someone else's perspective - told someone else's story. Votes: 0

A lot of people heard 'Murda Business' and thought it was about killing people, trying to be tough and hardcore. If you actually listen to the lyrics, it's kind of silly and playful. Votes: 0

When there are no lyrics there are many parts of the imagination that can fill in the meanings of the music, so I strongly believe that it can be more powerful at times. Votes: 0

When rock came along the lyrics and melodies became less important and it bothered me to think that perhaps they might not regain the value they have to music - they are music. Votes: 0

I love writing for dancers. You don't have to worry about the lyrics. I think to write words without music must be so frustrating. It must be always be so good, so perfect. Votes: 0

I like reading Ball Tongue lyrics and all that stuff. And they published a book, and I wouldn't give my lyrics, and it's all wrong in the book, and I giggle. It's funny. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

I have to decide whether I'm just laying down a groove, kind of a bed and canvas for the lyrics and music to live on, or trying to illustrate something in the lyrics. Votes: 0

What I love about lyrics is that they don't have to be very complicated. A good sentence over a great chord with a good melody - all you need is that one moment. Votes: 0

Probably some of the songs I never even really listened to the lyrics. Half of them I'd hear off the radio and was probably singing the wrong words and didn't even know it. Votes: 0

While the business of "collecting" lyrics and melodies happens all the time, when it's time to corral them all into something, I have to be in a good mood, ready and willing to work. Votes: 0

Hunter can write a melody and stuff like that, but his forte is lyrics. He can write a serviceable melody to hang his lyrics on, and sometimes he comes up with something really nice. Votes: 0

I had this thing about not giving too much of myself away, so I thought, if I sang lyrics, that's giving too much away. You know, I really didn't want to give myself away. Votes: 0

I was totally involved in Bobby's World from the time we started the idea to sitting with the artists on how he would look, to the script meetings, the music, the lyrics, the songs. Votes: 0

Sometimes my boyfriend would write the lyrics and I would write the melody, and other times I would start from scratch. Or sometimes I would take a local poem and put that to music. Votes: 0

Obviously, the music and lyrics are in me, but if I let myself get in my own way, I do. I empty out and let it come, and then the music spirits take over. Votes: 0

You know, I say in my lyrics, "Every word I write will be analyzed by somebody white." It's just that I know that this sh*t is just not gonna fall on deaf ears. Votes: 0

I'm very honest in my music and I'm often asked to explain the lyrics; as an introvert, I find that quite hard. And I always wear high heels on stage, which can be painful. Votes: 0

I am delighted at Des's support in these elections. And thank him for his rewrite of the lyrics of Send in the Clowns which we are planning to sing at our South East conference. Votes: 0

Words are important to me, but a song can work and function and be a good song with words that are fairly standard. But really great lyrics can't rescue a dog of a song. Votes: 0

I start with the subject matter I want to write about. Then I make a musical base for that and create an atmosphere with the music. Once I've done that, the lyrics come last. Votes: 0

Even though we don't admit it, every single one of us aspires to be like somebody, whether they live in the world today, within the bard's lyrics, or on the pages in the Library Votes: 0

Lights are to drama what music is to the lyrics of a song. The greatest part of my success in the theatre I attribute to my feeling for colors, translated into effects of light. Votes: 0

That old adage, that "music is a universal language", is really true. Even if all of the lyrics are understood, they seem to connect with it really well and in some ways, more so. Votes: 0

I write lyrics everyday as I go. I'm always taking notes in my phone whenever I am inspired by something. Most of my writing starts out as poetry before I put it into songs. Votes: 0

I write my lyrics the day I sing the song, so even when I have the basic things, I'm thinking what can I change, what can I add, how many harmonies can I do. Votes: 0

Writing a song doesn't heal things. Even if the song comes up with a solution, it's still only a theory. Going out and living my lyrics is a whole other deal. That takes courage. Votes: 0

The first set of lyrics for the first songs I ever wrote, which are the ones on 'Pretty Hate Machine,' came from private journal entries that I realized I was writing in lyric form. Votes: 0

I've definitely got a lot more cautious about my lyrics - I feel I want to be a positive force in the world, and I want to uplift people. That's something that comes with age. Votes: 0

I wait till the last minute to do lyrics. I seem to work best that way - bummed out and under pressure. I often don't do my homework. But I'll always walk that extra mile. Votes: 0

I don't know if it's my music, my lyrics, my sound and knowing the music business the way I do - all I can say is, my career has lasted way longer than I expected. Votes: 0

Instead of singing in the shower, I would write out the lyrics of my favourite songs, the ink would turn the water blue or red or green, and the music would run down my legs. Votes: 0

When I write, it is always the melody that comes first, and it just happens to be the case that the most beautiful tunes are sad, and the lyrics follow the mood of the melody. Votes: 0

I'm a bit of an insomniac. I'm always thinking. I've got a lot of ideas for lyrics and shows. I have a notepad by the side of the bed and voice recorders around the house. Votes: 0