Lyrics are always misleading because they make people think that that's what the music is about. Votes: 4
Brian EnoLyrics are the only thing to do with music that haven't been made easier technically. Votes: 3
Brian EnoIf Words are the Lyrics, and Laughter the Melody, then a Relationship becomes a Symphony. Votes: 3
Nicholas SparksIf you're single, then I'm single?" What's that supposed to be? Lyrics to a pop song? Votes: 3
Sophie KinsellaLyrics are coming to you all the time. I get inspiration in the middle of the night. Votes: 3
Rod StewartLyrics have got to be simple and catchy. A hook is more important than an overall concept or story. Votes: 3
Galcher LustwerkLyrics are back, maybe. It seems like there was a bit of an attitude that lyrics are not important. Votes: 3
Stephen MalkmusAnyone who wants to know who I am can just read my lyrics - I've always written about who I am. Votes: 2
Joan JettA right balance between music and lyrics is important. Music complements lyrics. Votes: 0
Kailash KherHuman nature provides the lyrics, and we novelists just compose the music. Votes: 0
Carlos Ruiz ZafonMy lyrics are for strong, independent women who are both smart and fashionable. Votes: 0
Shameik MooreCynthia's lyrics always expressed the feelings people felt but they couldn't express themselves. Votes: 0
Barry MannI felt a kinship with country music, because country has lyrics that tell stories Votes: 0
Desmond ChildPop music has always adopted the style of marrying upbeat melodies to dour lyrics. Votes: 0
Colin MeloyI'm just worn down and weary of bands whose lyrics are cryptic and self-referential. Votes: 0
Yannis PhilippakisThe problem isn't with rock lyrics, it's with the fabric of this society itself. Votes: 0
Jodi PicoultIt's such a rush doing a concert and seeing people actually mouthing the lyrics. Votes: 0
Carnie WilsonBlending is just like writing lyrics or finishing up the song, rearranging and arranging. Votes: 0
Maynard James KeenanUsually, writing lyrics for me is like bleeding drop by drop from the forehead. Votes: 0
Matt BerningerI'm a great believer in letting lyrics just flow out, wherever they come from. Votes: 0
Quincy JonesWe take gingko to sharpen our memories. We could be memorizing song lyrics instead. Votes: 0
Joan Oliver GoldsmithA lot of my lyrics are approximate meaning without me knowing why they sound right. Votes: 0
Matt BerningerAfter all, nothing helps to write lyrics more than to mess around with the language. Votes: 0
Joshua HommeWhen you're happy you enjoy the music, but when you're sad you understand the lyrics. Votes: 0
Frank OceanThe deity on purpose [sings] the liveliest of all lyrics through the most miserable poet. Votes: 0
PlatoThe lyrics are different from Nick Cave songs and lyrics. His songs are very narrative. Votes: 0
Stephen MalkmusWhen you're happy, you enjoy the music. But when you're sad, you understand the lyrics. Votes: 0
Frank OceanMusic's staying power is a function of how timeless the lyrics, song and production are. Votes: 0
Gary WrightWhen you're happy, you enjoy the music but when you're sad, you undestand the lyrics. Votes: 0
Frank OceanIf my lyrics mean something special to someone... that's the most important thing to me. Votes: 0
Dia FramptonI was never a 'sit down with a notepad and write lyrics' kind of person. Votes: 0
James Vincent McMorrowIt takes more talent to write music, but it takes more courage to write lyrics. Votes: 0
Johnny MercerI'm always writing; my phone is full of ideas - melodies and lyrics and stuff. Votes: 0
Eliza DoolittleMy lyrics are generated by various peculiar processes. Very random and similar to automatic writing. Votes: 0
Brian EnoWhy write a song when no one can play the notes or understand the lyrics? Votes: 0
Christopher MooreI find most modern country virtually unlistenable. I can't relate to the music or the lyrics. Votes: 0
Jenny LewisFor me, naming bands was the forerunner to really writing lyrics, because I work off titles. Votes: 0
Jim CapaldiMy mother wrote lyrics and sang but was overtaken by life with four children and worked. Votes: 0
Joy HarjoMost of the lyrics are rooted in my own experiences. But there is some sheer fabrication. Votes: 0
Max TundraImagination is the key to my lyrics. The rest is painted with a little science fiction. Votes: 0
Jimi HendrixI stand behind all the lyrics I've ever written; I don't have a problem with that. Votes: 0
Ian MacKayeI only know the lyrics to songs that I listened to between the ages of 11 and 15. Votes: 0
Elizabeth BanksI always thought it was important for my lyrics to come from a really honest place. Votes: 0
Avey TareI'm not that conscious of my writing, so pacing the lyrics doesn't really enter the picture. Votes: 0
Dan BejarBecause God loves us, he gives us lyrics to sing when our hearts can't form words. Votes: 0
Jennifer RothschildI think love lyrics have contributed to the general aura of bad mental health in America. Votes: 0
Frank ZappaI hope that one or two immortal lyrics will come out of all this tumbling around. Votes: 0
Louise BoganI had written lyrics to a song called The Silent Extreme, which Alex later renamed Humans Being. Votes: 0
Sammy HagarI'm definitely still putting effort into my lyrics, for them to be emotional and tell a story. Votes: 0
Robert Coppola SchwartzmanI used to play guitar for myself and write lyrics and listen to different styles of music. Votes: 0
Rokia TraoreI'm quite certain that the audience that I've got for my stuff don't listen to the lyrics. Votes: 0
David BowieNormally when I'm writing, in the beginning I don't think of lyrics at all. I'm just improvising. Votes: 0
St. LuciaI always start with the lyrics, because starting with the music means the words will be bad. Votes: 0
Dan BejarI'm always writing lyrics. I have so many lyrics on so many stray pieces of paper. Everywhere. Votes: 0
Abbie CornishMost of all I like to sing my heart out to lyrics that really speak to people. Votes: 0
Christina GrimmieSome things remain fragments, just the lyrics and melodies or a line or two or a verse. Votes: 0
Tracy ChapmanWords are what make the song. I get a personal vision about what the lyrics are about. Votes: 0
Julie AndrewsThe best way to compliment an emcee is to say his lyrics. That's how you say, "Hello." Votes: 0
Ice TI would say I'd rather dig a ditch, you know, do hard, manual labor than write lyrics. Votes: 0
Natalie MerchantI want to make an album with just great beats and big vocals and just amazing lyrics. Votes: 0
Tessanne ChinTo me, the lyrics mean more then the music, and that's the way it should always be. Votes: 0
Roger MiretIf lyrics sold then truth be told/I'd probably be just as rich and famous as Jay-Z. Votes: 0
Talib KweliPeople ask how I think up my thoughts. Mostly I think them up while reading Paul Simon's lyrics. Votes: 0
Robert BreaultI look at the lyrics, and if that's something honest for me at the moment, I'll sing it. Votes: 0
Ysabella BraveI used to know all the lyrics to all the songs from 'The Phantom of the Opera.' Votes: 0
Mallory JansenFor me, singing was always about the lyrics. I'm hopeless at singing songs that don't have a core. Votes: 0
Julie AndrewsAs a songwriter, I don't rush. I may sit on lyrics for two years before the music hits. Votes: 0
Ben HarperI just learned my lyrics and tried not to bump into the trumpet player. That was my philosophy. Votes: 0
Jo StaffordSong Sung Blue took a lot of compressing and refining, and it has one of my favorite lyrics. Votes: 0
Neil DiamondWhen you know the lyrics to a tune, you have some kind of insight as to it's composition. Votes: 0
Dexter GordonIn whatever form it takes, life sings because it has a song. The meaning is in the lyrics. Votes: 0
Robert LanzaTo go on the road and see people sing my own lyrics back to me is just fantastic. Votes: 0
Dave GahanI am a big Pink Floyd fan. That is where a lot of the concept lyrics come from. Votes: 0
Gary CheroneWe think we understand a song's lyrics but what makes us believe in them, or not, is the music Votes: 0
Carlos Ruiz ZafonI wrote lyrics that were intensely personal to me a few years ago. Maybe people know me better now. Votes: 0
Kylie MinogueI think of a song in terms of lyrics and stories, and that's what keeps it country for me. Votes: 0
Sam HuntI've always been a fan of country music. It's America's music - I love the songs, love the lyrics. Votes: 0
Charles KoppelmanWhen you look at the lyrics of 'Sometimes When We Touch,' it's really very much an adolescent song. Votes: 0
Dan HillI put a lot of work into my lyrics. Not all my stuff is meant to be scrutinized, though. Votes: 0
Robert PlantI used to sit on the roof of the apartment where Jim Morrison used to write his early lyrics Votes: 0
Henry RollinsThe lyrics were my sarcastic way of realizing you can't be the king of the hill all the time. Votes: 0
Hayley WilliamsFor me the music is a vehicle for my lyrics. It's a chance to get some really good words across. Votes: 0
Joe StrummerI'm not really into the whole lyrics thing; I just like to make music that people like to listen to. Votes: 0
Fetty WapIm not really into the whole lyrics thing; I just like to make music that people like to listen to. Votes: 0
Fetty WapI saw an interview with Jay-Z where he said he didn't write down any of his lyrics, so I tried that. Votes: 0
Travis MorrisonI write lyrics. I play the guitar. If the rest of the band had to do my schedule, they would be dead Votes: 0
John FruscianteI write most of my own lyrics for my album and I am helping to produce some of the songs as well. Votes: 0
Lindsay LohanI listen to some of the lyrics I used to write and I say, "Where was my head at when I wrote that?" Votes: 0
Ozzy OsbourneI'm not crazy about country-western music. But the lyrics are good. Votes: 1 Alice Cooper
Once there was a darkness, a deep and endless night, you gave me everything you had and oh, you gave me light Votes: 2 Sarah McLachlan
Applause is interesting, but I'm a monster with or without it. Something is either well written or it isn't. 'White Rabbit' is not well written, and no amount of applause or royalties can convince me it is. I could have done a better job with those lyrics. They didn't say what I wanted. Votes: 1 Grace Slick
I love 'Sunday in the Park with George.' I saw that when I was just, just starting theater school, and I remember singing 'Finishing the Hat' or at least reading the lyrics to 'Finishing the Hat' and other songs from 'Sunday in the Park with George' to my mom to try to explain why I wanted to be an artist. Votes: 1 Stephen Colbert
I wrote all the lyrics on 'Good Vibrations' and most of them in 'Kokomo.' 'Kokomo' was extremely popular and fun to sing - it's probably one of the bigger sing-along songs in our show. But then 'Help Me Rhonda,' 'Surfin' USA' and 'California Girls' and 'I Get Around' and 'Fun, Fun, Fun' are great songs as well. Votes: 1 Mike Love
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: 1 Bryan White
You'll also need to invest in yourself with the kind of promo that targets your specific audience to help build that word of mouth. Most importantly, believe in what you're doing and in your music and lyrics. Votes: 2 Eliot Lewis
A right balance between music and lyrics is important. Music complements lyrics. Votes: 2 Kailash Kher
I played music and sang from my earliest memories. The first pictures of me show me wandering around with a guitar that was larger than I was, and it became almost second nature to me. Votes: 1 Dwight Yoakam
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: 4 James Fenton
We take gingko to sharpen our memories. We could be memorizing song lyrics instead. Votes: 3 Joan Oliver Goldsmith
The lyrics are different from Nick Cave songs and lyrics. His songs are very narrative. Votes: 2 Stephen Malkmus