Lyricists Quotes

I dont want to work on a musical if Im not the lyricist.

— David Lindsay-Abaire

Don't give to anyone the power to put you down. Haters are losers pretending to be winners.

— Paulo Coelho

Life is too short to be wasted in finding answers. Enjoy the questions.

— Paulo Coelho

I'm attracted to lyricists with a unique, sincere and consistent perspective.

— Matthew Koma

Courtney Love's name should be right next to Bob Dylan when they say best lyricist of all time.

— Linda Perry

I'm certainly not a lyricist first. I prefer doing it intuitively and not really thinking about it so much.

— Daniel Rossen

Avoiding problems you need to face is avoiding the life you need to live.

— Paulo Coelho

[Jeffrey Lewis is] The best lyricist working in the US today.

— Jarvis Cocker

Usually when I write lyrics I try to read a lot and listen to a lot of other stuff. Some of my…

— Andrew VanWyngarden

I write a lot. I used to write a lot of poetry when I was younger, write for my school newspapers. Also…

— Cakes da killa

The most thankless job in our film industry is that of lyricists. Next in the list are writers. These two don't get…

— Ankit Tiwari

The greatest romance in the life of a lyricist is when the right word meets the right note; often, however, a Park…

— Yip Harburg

As much as I try to grow as a lyricist, I tend to laugh at even calling myself that, because I think…

— Zach Condon

Got my CD in they deck, bop they heads, break they neck. Whispering that I got next to execs. That never heard…

— Big Krit

What earns my respect is... I love great lyricists, artists that can create incredible rhymes or incredible songs. The same thing goes…

— Big Daddy Kane

Some people are the best lyricists, got the most gas, but they don't know have the personality or the people skills to…

— E-40

Technically, 'Kukla, Fran and Ollie' was a kids' show, but adults watched almost religiously - and we're talking adult adults, celebrated adults…

— Tom Shales

I consider myself a lyricist first and foremost, but if you get something else out of what I do, that's fine too.…

— John Darnielle

I'd have to say that Kenny White has earned a place among my favorite singer/songwritersand particularly, lyricists. As we say in the…

— David Crosby

My thoughts on Eminem have always been that he is one of the greatest lyricists ever. I've never been a fan because…

— Charlamagne tha God

Especially on Broadway, composers and lyricists fretted over their creations, obsessed over every rhyme, every critical chord or interval. The stakes were…

— Michael Kosser

If my songs are being listened to between any other songs, that is awesome, and I'm glad people are getting something out…

— John Darnielle

Someone should have a record that doesn't have any singing. It's my favorite Miles Davis record. I love hanging out in the…

— Craig Finn

There's no reason - not yet, anyway - to believe [Bob] Dylan himself endorses such an attitude; or that he would think…

— David Bennun

My identity is mostly as a songwriter and lyricist and singer. I also have a lot of production ideas but I have…

— Mirah

I don't think I'm the best lyricist; it's hard for me to express feelings through words.

— Ty Segall

To heal our wounds, we need courage to face them.

— Paulo Coelho

Rock music lyricists are overrated.

— Anonymous

Lyricists play with words.

— Paul McCartney

Don't be someone that searches, finds and then runs away.

— Paulo Coelho

We don't need to explain our love. We only need to show it.

— Paulo Coelho

If you have a dream , don't waste your energies explaining why.

— Paulo Coelho

The fact that I'm a performer helps me enormously as a lyricist.

— Lin-Manuel Miranda

You deserve all the good things that happen to you. Don't feel guilty and accept the blessings.

— Paulo Coelho

I think, in reading a few sentences of text, you can just tell the tone, and that's something I love in prose…

— Lauren Mayberry

Some people are great lyricists, but they're terrible at melody. But I could do melodies till the cows come home.

— Guy Sebastian

I love all kinds of music. Everybody knows that Nas is my favorite lyricist in the universe. I'd love to collaborate with…

— Tony Sunshine

I'm not really a comparison dude. Even when people say 'Big or Pac?,' because they're two totally different types of lyricists.

— DJ Premier

Lyrics should not need to stand on their own; many of [Bob] Dylan's do, but in common with other great lyricists, he…

— David Bennun

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

— Paul Simon