Most of the songs that I appreciate are lyrically vague.

Today's records, even though they may be lyrically repetitive and not saying anything particularly heavy, they have energy.

— Carole King

Everybody gon' see where I'm lyrically at; used to hate Nicki, now they givin me dap.

— Nicki Minaj

While some mothers sing lullabies to their children, my mother read me poetry. And to this day, I associate my strongest and most insistent…

— Masiela Lusha

Someone once said that "The Waste Land" was a scum of poetry floating on a sea of footnotes. That resonated with me, because that's…

— Ted Leo

More often than not, changes had to be made in order for a song to make sense, and by the end of it, it…

— James Vincent McMorrow

Being able to say something lyrically, to say something that will do more than just be words, is really hard. It's easy to do…

— Nikki Sixx

I would feel really dishonest writing a song that was really sassy, or really confident, because I'm not a supremely confident being. I think…

— Shura

I have developed a visionary modern lyric, and, for it, an idiom in which I can write lyrically, colloquially, and dramatically. My subject is…

— Rosemary Tonks

Lyrically, the most important thing for me is, how can I tell a cohesive story?

— Andy Biersack

Great music is just very clear. Sonically and lyrically, you understand the point of view, you understand the melodies, you understand the vibe, and…

— Justin Tranter

Hip-hop is the music of the youth. It sort of has the same purpose as what we do, at least lyrically, because we both…

— Amadou Bagayoko

For some music, lyrically, the best move is to keep it simple in what it is that you are saying, and just kind of…

— Black Thought

Lyrically I address loads of things that I've never talked about before, about me or about other people.

— Joshua James Alphonse Franceschi

It's always my mission to try to do something that hasn't been done before, whether that's musically, lyrically or in terms of mixing.

— Rostam Batmanglij

Raucous drunken trumpets and instrumentation tend to guide the way you think. They can give you a path to follow lyrically.

— Zach Condon