I first came across Langhorne Slim when I saw him play live, and he's an incredibly infectious performer. The way he works… — Johnny Flynn Copy Share Image
I think, then, there's the sort of, like, political dimension to lyrics. One of the problems that I've had with my output… — J. Robbins Copy Share Image
“You can dance. You can make me laugh. You've got x-ray eyes. You know how to sing. You're a diplomat. You've got… — Laurie Anderson Copy Share Image
I'm more honest in my lyrics than I am in anything else. It's where I feel the most safe to express myself.… — Jamie Lynn Spears Copy Share Image
From like 15 to 19, all I listened to was Elliott Smith. I started to appreciate the more human aspect of music… — Alex G Copy Share Image
“As far as I was concerned, I wrote songs; chords and beats and lyrics, verses. and bridges and hooks. But then, as… — Gayle Forman Copy Share Image
“I'm also a book nerd so aside from my life and my opinions, you could say my lyrics are inspired in some… — Dominic Owen Mallary Copy Share Image
“I had no songs in my repertoire for commercial radio anyway. Songs about debauched bootleggers, mothers that drowned their own children, Cadillacs… — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
My dad's Nigerian, and I remember going to Nigeria, and all of these kids and adults and everyone in-between knew who TuPac… — Annie Ilonzeh Copy Share Image
“I believe the stars are the headlights of angels driving from heaven to save us to save us...Won't you look at the… — David Berman Copy Share Image
The music video director really wanted to incorporate the imagery of guns into 'Nega Dola' because the lyrics are very aggressive. It… — BoA Copy Share Image
Music keep our mind happy the lyrics are the flow of blood but the words that are said help us though our… — Ryan Davies Copy Share Image
“Danger, Danger running cold Knowing but fearing just the same Death comes and yet you don’t let go Standing while it’s steel bands… — Abbi Glines Copy Share Image
“Sabrina surely had one dead ex-boyfriend on her record. But did Martina have a deceased ex-boyfriend in her past too? Biggie’s words… — Tomas Adam Nyapi Copy Share Image
“Finn swore and swung on me, his eyes darting between me and the road. “You don’t have a filter, do you? You… — Amy Harmon Copy Share Image
Lyrics have become so dumbed down nowadays. People don't want to have to think about lyrics anymore, they just want to be… — Nate Ruess Copy Share Image
I always thought that was very important, to be able to deliver great lyrics and also put on a great performance, to… — Big Daddy Kane Copy Share Image
When you make a melody that doesn't come with words from the get-go, sometimes you're just thinking about random vowel sounds that… — David Longstreth Copy Share Image
In the beginning of Audioslave, I was very honest. I said, 'We make great albums and write great albums - but don't… — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
If you ask me, I'd say what the world now considers K-Pop began with SM Entertainment. SM was the very first company… — Lee Tae-min Copy Share Image
I never walk into the studio and say, I'm going to write a song called... 'X' or called 'Slow Me Down.' I… — Emmy Rossum Copy Share Image
If you write your own lyrics now, and those are the main focus in the EP... people tend to approach it as… — Jade Bird Copy Share Image
I had this perverse gravitation towards using a terrible cliché sandwiched in between absurd non-clichés because I thought it gave the cliché… — Paul Banks Copy Share Image
It's rare that I'll write lyrics first. If I come up with some good lyrics, I'll write them down and try to… — Rob Crow Copy Share Image
“Music is my inspiration. When my brain and music come together they form something unpredictable. The songs are the talent that fuels… — Christina Casino Copy Share Image
“I liked old time music but what i meant by that was the period from the 1930s through the 60s, nothing before… — Jeffery Deaver Copy Share Image
I'll sing over some chords, searching, what does [the music] conjure up, where's the melody taking you? I deliberate over the lyrics,… — Rod Stewart Copy Share Image
Country lyrics often reference the NRA and firearms ownership as a way of life. Artists such as John Rich, Toby Keith, Sara… — Katie Pavlich Copy Share Image
With Prisoner of Conscience, the focus was - I've worked with Madlib, High Tech, Kanye West, J Dilla. I feel like I've… — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
Try scrolling through a regular teenager's Facebook or Instagram posts, everything is captioned with borrowed words or lyrics from songs, without any… — Shweta Bachchan Nanda Copy Share Image
I ran to get my cassette recorder and sang 'We Got the Beat' into the recorder to document it. I knew I… — Charlotte Caffey Copy Share Image
It's been really cool to me to watch someone like Sam Hunt, whose lyrics and roots are in country but you can… — Kelsea Ballerini Copy Share Image
I wrote a lot of lyrics in prison, but they'd all be like, 'Crawls upon the shoulders, hatred in the eyes.' I… — Ian Brown Copy Share Image
Because it's our first official album, we wanted to show our color, the color of Blackpink. We wanted to present an image… — Jennie Copy Share Image
“Ridge: I'm only going to say this once, Sydney. Are you ready? Me: Oh, God. No. I'm turning off my phone. Ridge:… — Colleen Hoover Copy Share Image
When I'm writing Broadway, it's for a character, a man, a woman, an old guy, a kid. In the band, you're talking… — David Bryan Copy Share Image
“From time to time I once wondered how one wanders from time to time And think up the paradox line Speak of… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
I recorded my first song at 15. But I started rhyming a few years before that. At first it was trading lyrics… — Kano Copy Share Image
I never got lessons. I took influence from Chet Baker, Ian Dury, and Joe Strummer. I don't hear my voice and think,… — King Krule Copy Share Image
For a movie, you have to make sure the lyrics are consistent with the rhythm that is given to you. But, at… — Kapil Sibal Copy Share Image