I try not to agonize over my lyrics, though, because that can come across in them. Some lyrics come more easily than… — Jane Siberry Copy Share Image
Yeah, if my bandmembers listened to me and put everything to the side and just said, 'Okay, let's just go in and… — John Dolmayan Copy Share Image
We let the lyrics be the focus of the song. Which is not what you hear with some of the zeitgeisty bands,… — Taylor Goldsmith Copy Share Image
For 'Pivot and Scrape' I started out with a melodic and buoyant synth melody for the demo. The imagery and lyrics for… — Sophie Thatcher Copy Share Image
I don't want to live To waste another day Underneath the shadow of mistakes I made Cause I feel like I'm breaking… — Shinedown Copy Share Image
“I’ve been trying to stay real and true and proud of who I am, all those ideals of how to look I’ve… — Charlotte Eriksson Copy Share Image
My songs are all about celebrating poignant music. While some of them focus on fun and revelry, they are fortunately backed by… — Kailash Kher Copy Share Image
Yes, Justin Bieber is a contrivance. Yes, Justin Bieber's lyrics are insipid - worse still, disingenuous. Yes, his tattoos stink. Yes, he's… — Mary H.K. Choi Copy Share Image
I would write down the lyrics to 'C.R.E.A.M.' in Korean - not translating it, but phonetically writing out each word. I didn't… — G-Dragon Copy Share Image
To me, it seems more realistic to my thought process when things feel a little scattered in the lyrics. Being disjointed is… — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
There were nights when we were blasting Beyonce's 'Lemonade' to the point where I thought maybe we were going to break the… — Ariana Madix Copy Share Image
Life is like a song. The lyrics are telling my story. Sometimes I hit the notes wrong, sometimes I hit them perfect.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I grew up learning Russian and translating English songs when I became a teenager, we got to listen to West Germany radio… — Till Lindemann Copy Share Image
I don't know about the time those songs were written. But he was jamming with someone in Colorado or San Francisco, and… — Krist Novoselic Copy Share Image
I started writing songs before I could talk - at three or four. It was in me, and I had to get… — Bibi Bourelly Copy Share Image
I write about things that tear me apart, and it's all very personal to me. It's funny to hear people disassemble the… — Robby Takac Copy Share Image
I do pinch myself, like when shows in non-English speaking countries are sold out, and people are singing my lyrics. I don't… — Xavier Rudd Copy Share Image
Jim had melodies as well as words. He didn't know how to play a chord on any instrument, but he had melodies… — John Densmore Copy Share Image
The process is always the same. I get an inspiration for a new song, I put it down on paper immediately so… — Yoko Ono Copy Share Image
I think anyone who suffers from chronic pain can agree with this - you feel this great significance. What I wanted to… — Phil Anselmo Copy Share Image
In writing lyrics - well, for me, anyway - it's about getting into character, you know? 'Who is writing this?' In the… — Ian Anderson Copy Share Image
As you go through life you'll see, There is so much that we, Don't understand. And the only thing we know, Is… — The Lion King Copy Share Image
I haven't written too many political lyrics. Nor have I written any pro-Canada lyrics, any kind of jingoistic, nationalistic cant... That stuff… — Gord Downie Copy Share Image
“We have all lived through that shriveling moment when a parent walks into a room and repeats, with sardonic disbelief, a couplet… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
It's been neat to find out different writing strategies. I've been in the room with so many different writers. Sometimes, you write… — Kane Brown Copy Share Image
I didn't even write the lyrics down. I got in the booth, I put down a little guitar riff and the idea… — Benji Madden Copy Share Image
When I discovered Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen, I could explore the records that inspired me on a different level and that… — Taylor Goldsmith Copy Share Image
“You also use ink to write lyrics that are so private that you smear them in all kinds of figurative ways so… — Charles Homans Copy Share Image
Electric Gypsy' was really raw. I was literally sketching out the lyrics as they walked in the door. I jumped up and… — Mike Campbell Copy Share Image
One of the jobs, I think, of a lyricist - whether I'm working to my own music or I'm collaborating with someone… — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share Image
When I was younger, I was able to write with music playing in the background, but these days, I can't. I find… — Daniel Alarcon Copy Share Image
Most of the time, the lyrics are kind of like my secret messages to my friends or my boyfriend or my mom… — Imogen Heap Copy Share Image
People don't really care about lyrics anymore. It's kinda really sad, like they'll listen to something musically and has a really cool… — Roger Miret Copy Share Image
Lyrics are important, but it's hard, because English isn't my first language - although it feels like it is these days! I… — Avicii Copy Share Image
“If shame had a face I think it would kind of look like mine If it had a home would it be… — Lifehouse Copy Share Image
As long as it elicits some kind of thought on the listener's part, that's good. If no one's paying attention to the… — Russell Mael Copy Share Image
I know your insides are feeling so hollow And its a hard pill for you to swallow Yeah, but if I fall… — Mars Mavis Paul John Copy Share Image
I know this will blow your mind, but most people would probably never ever get it, but I listen to classical music… — Vanilla Ice Copy Share Image
“Used" You don't see me Blind to the real me I'm not who you think I should be But I can't be… — Olivia Cunning Copy Share Image
No matter where life takes me find me with smile, presumed to be happy only laughing like a child, never thought life… — Mac Miller Copy Share Image
