My style of lyric-writing is very specific and has a lot…

I really like writing for specific projects. It's a whole different way of writing when you have certain guidelines and a theme you're writing…

— Robert Coppola Schwartzman

When I write, I have a sort of secret kinship of readers in all countries who don't know each other but each of whom,…

— Teju Cole

I feel like for me the lyric writing really comes from just what's going on in my heart and that's what consumes me; think…

— Amy Lee

You know, there's an economy in lyric-writing that doesn't afford you, or at least me - I usually start off with nine or 10…

— J Tillman

You know, there's an economy in lyric-writing that doesn't afford you, or at least me - I usually start off with nine or 10…

— J. Tillman

It helped my lyric writing so much studying poetry. I thought I knew what poetry was before I immersed myself in it. Poetry is…

— Amanda Shires

Writing a lyric is writing a lyric, whether it's sung or recited. Perhaps the question to ask should be, has playing in a band…

— Cornelius Eady

I fell into lyric writing because of music. I backed into it.

— Stephen Sondheim

Although I was able to study music with teachers, I never studied lyric writing. I read poetry, and I read other lyricists. But they…

— Paul Simon

Lyric writing is an interesting process in Sonic Youth. There's three people writing now, and we've all had a lot of interest and involvement…

— Thurston Moore

I'm not sure if a writer should talk about themes. Themes arrive out of the deeper structure and concerns, but to me, the main…

— David Means

Writing about something specific, in my mind, was overwhelming, so I wrote about art because I love art and I know I can say…

— Walter Martin

Most of the time, the lyrics are kind of like my secret messages to my friends or my boyfriend or my mom or my…

— Imogen Heap

Metaphors are not user-friendly. They're difficult to find and difficult to use well. Unfortunately, metaphors are a mainstay of good lyric writing-indeed of most…

— Pat Pattison

I like to separate the music- and lyric-writing processes if I can. I'll sort of noodle around on my keyboard and my computer until…

— Lin-Manuel Miranda