Sometimes people mishear my lyrics and think a song's about something it isn't. — Kate Bush Copy Share Image
I made myself famous by writing 'songs' and lyrics about the beauty of the things I did and ugliness, too. — Jack Kerouac Copy Share Image
You work very hard on the lyrics. Getting them to fit the contours of improvised melodies. — Kurt Elling Copy Share Image
I first write melodies that will make people shiver, and then, I add the lyrics. — Nicky Jam Copy Share Image
When I ask you to listen to a song, it's because the lyrics mean everything I'm trying to say to you. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
MCs are authors, and rock musicians who write lyrics are authors, to a degree. — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
I write hate lyrics really well. It's not every day you can use them, really. — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
The most difficult thing for me as an artist, as a creator of music, is lyrics. But everything else, I just do… — Jack Garratt Copy Share Image
I write the lyrics based on what is going on in my life - I'm not going to write about the old… — Oliver Sykes Copy Share Image
Coffee is pretty big in my life. It shows up in my lyrics a bunch, the same way the ocean does. It's… — Chris Thile Copy Share Image
Cut the crap. Just don't try to be anything that you aren't, have ambition but when it comes to lyrics especially just… — Max Bemis Copy Share Image
The lyrics tend to fascinate people, but for me, when I listen to a record I don't always latch on to the… — Elizabeth Fraser Copy Share Image
With his compulsively slamming lyrics and king-of-the-world delivery, DMX intuitively echoes the existentialism of the projects of the novelist Donald Goines. — Elvis Mitchell Copy Share Image
When you hear my lyrics, you hear the shots that I throw at people. I throw shots because I always been the… — Cardi B Copy Share Image
I'm overboard, &'nd I need your love. Pull me up, I can't swim on my own. It's too much, Feels like I'm… — Justin Bieber Copy Share Image
I started writing my own songs from the time I was a little kid. I would write my own lyrics to other… — Bonnie McKee Copy Share Image
I didn't want the lyrics to be about specific things in my life, I wanted them to be about generalised experiences I'd… — Zachary Cole Smith Copy Share Image
“This writer, he was going on about the lyrics to "Champagne Supernova", and he actually said to me: ‘You know, the one… — Noel Gallagher Copy Share Image
There are so many different things that lend themselves to what makes a song magical, that go beyond just the lyrics or… — Michelle Zauner Copy Share Image
I recorded my first song at 15. But I started rhyming a few years before that. At first it was trading lyrics… — Kano Copy Share Image
I never got lessons. I took influence from Chet Baker, Ian Dury, and Joe Strummer. I don't hear my voice and think,… — King Krule Copy Share Image
For a movie, you have to make sure the lyrics are consistent with the rhythm that is given to you. But, at… — Kapil Sibal Copy Share Image
“From time to time I once wondered how one wanders from time to time And think up the paradox line Speak of… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
We perform better when the lyrics mean something to us when we sing them. — Perrie Edwards Copy Share Image
I'm glad that the lyrics reach people and make them understand that we're all the same, really. — Phil Collins Copy Share Image
Within Klaxons, I never wrote the lyrics. I always wrote the melody and music with the other guys. — James Righton Copy Share Image
There's such a rich trove of unheard Howard Ashman lyrics that we're so blessed to draw from. — Alan Menken Copy Share Image
That's one of the main thing with the lyrics - not giving any answers. — Mark Tremonti Copy Share Image
I've really been studying lyrics, printing out lyrics to songs I love and reading them like a letter. — Jon Pardi Copy Share Image
“Don't bother asking for explanation, she'll just tell you that she came, in the year of the cat.” — Al Stewart Copy Share Image
I wanted people to connect with the lyrics, even if it's in some weird way, because they're all personal. — George Clarke Copy Share Image
To go on the road and see people sing my own lyrics back to me is just fantastic. — Dave Gahan Copy Share Image
That awkward moment when you know the full lyrics of over 100 songs, but cant remember 25 biology definitions — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I love when I dive into lyrics that give me human complexity and intricate narrative. — Christine and the Queens Copy Share Image
When it feels like the lyrics to the song you're listening to were written just for you.. — Music Copy Share Image
I like big, soaring melodies and fun, splashy lyrics. Maybe like what Blondie would do in 2013. — Bonnie McKee Copy Share Image
“I find peace when I'm confused, I find hope when I'm let down, not in me but in you.” — Switchfoot Copy Share Image
I wrote the tunes and sang only nonsense words. Then came Moore and dressed them with the lyrics. — Rick Wright Copy Share Image
