I want people to hear my lyrics and my melodies and say, 'That dude's in pain.' — Ivan Moody Copy Share Image
When I first started writing, when I was 15, I would go to work with people and they would tell me my… — Sabrina Claudio Copy Share Image
Inspiration comes from so many sources. Music, other fiction, the non-fiction I read, TV shows, films, news reports, people I know, stories… — Trudi Canavan Copy Share Image
Only two to three per cent of an audience is interested in words and pays attention to lyrics; most of the rest… — Al Stewart Copy Share Image
We like to take pop songs that have really cool, complex melodies or lyrics and strip away all that fluff and electronic… — Jinkx Monsoon 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
Whenever I write lyrics and an Americanism slips in, I always cut it straight out. I can't use the word 'babe,' for… — Gilbert O'Sullivan Copy Share Image
“In starlit nights I saw you, So cruelly you kissed me. Your lips a magic world, Your sky all hung with jewels.… — Echo and the Bunnymen Copy Share Image
I like the fact that people take my music and my lyrics as affirmations. I like this. — GloRilla Copy Share Image
When a good thing goes bad its not the ned of the world,its just the end of a world,that you had with… — Drake Copy Share Image
Sometimes, after I finish the lyrics and have all the melodies and harmonies and the pop and vocal, I'll be like, 'I… — Sia Copy Share Image
This is your time, your life flashing before your eyes and soon enough you will realize this is goodbye but what if… — Crown The Empire Copy Share Image
Writing lyrics is part spontaneous, intuitive and part really thought through and carefully analyzed as you write it. It's a mixture of… — Ian Anderson Copy Share Image
“Oh, there ain't no love, no Montagues or Capulets Just banging tunes and DJ sets And dirty dancefloors and dreams of naughtiness… — Arctic Monkeys Copy Share Image
The truth is what I plan to find And I am getting closer every single day But from this world Im drifting… — Andrew Neil Maternick Copy Share Image
I like to separate the music- and lyric-writing processes if I can. I'll sort of noodle around on my keyboard and my… — Lin-Manuel Miranda Copy Share Image
When I could only see the floor, you made my window a door So when they say they dont believe, I hope… — Thousand Foot Krutch Copy Share Image
I noticed that on the Beach Boys' 'Pet Sounds' record they could get away with racy lyrics like that because of how… — Eric Carmen Copy Share Image
There's this one song called 'Final Warning' that I'm really excited about because I love the contrast of my vocal sounding very… — Skylar Grey Copy Share Image
He doesn't need his name up in lights He just wants to be heard whether it's the beat or the mic He… — Fprt Minor Copy Share Image
I think, for myself, as an artist, the progression is a lyrical progression and what I choose to target my lyrics at… — Gza Copy Share Image
