When I was working on 'Night Falls Over Kortedala,' I was listening a lot to 'Graceland,' the Paul Simon record. I really… — Jens Lekman Copy Share Image
With 'Someone New', I was at my rawest, and I didn't want to cover it up. And same with 'You Should Know'… — Banks Copy Share Image
I've seen people who like a certain song write on their Instagram what they think the lyrics are - which they aren't.… — Adam Granduciel Copy Share Image
“The words we construct, the poems we write and the songs we sing, become the love story of a stranger we have… — M.F. Moonzajer Copy Share Image
“We decided to leave early, you wouldn't want to be there in the end, when the lights came on. You'd never sit… — David Boutler Copy Share Image
I always had a passion for writing, but I always visualized other artist singing my lyrics, I never visualized myself. — Romeo Santos Copy Share Image
“Concert pianists get to be quite chummy with dead composers. They can't help it. Classical music isn't just music . It's a… — Marisha Pessl Copy Share Image
“Once I realize that the tune I’m whistling in my head is the theme that’s driving my heart, I suddenly realize that… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
I like to write in fairly everyday language - I've always tried to write lyrics that, if people would speak the words,… — Tim Rice Copy Share Image
I feel like there's a lot of albums that are like 'woo! we're young, let's have fun' and there's a lot of… — Nina Nesbitt Copy Share Image
“It's always times like these when I think of you and I wonder if you ever think of me.” — Vanessa Carlton Copy Share Image
When they're singing the guitar lines of songs in South America? Never heard that before. And in Canada, when they're singing all… — Mike McCready Copy Share Image
Sondheim is my god; I love the man. I learned a great deal about writing from his work, his lyrics, and his… — Richard LaGravenese Copy Share Image
When I'm writing songs, I write visually. When I'm writing the words down and I listen to the melody and the lyrics,… — Christian Kane Copy Share Image
“Well I haven't fucked much with the past, But I've fucked plenty with the future. - Babelogue ” — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
Sometimes I like to write the lyrics while I'm on the road, because then you get even more melancholy. — MO Copy Share Image
If I'm in the shower sometimes I'll blurt out some lyrics to whatever song's in my head that day. It's a lot… — Scott Rogowsky Copy Share Image
Electric Gypsy' was really raw. I was literally sketching out the lyrics as they walked in the door. I jumped up and… — Mike Campbell Copy Share Image
'Teenage Dream' was the most difficult song I've ever been a part of. We wrote five different versions of it. We couldn't… — Bonnie McKee Copy Share Image
Words are important to me, but a song can work and function and be a good song with words that are fairly… — Jarvis Cocker Copy Share Image
Night falls, with gravity. The earth turns, from sanity Taking my only friend I know, He leaves a lot, his name is… — Twenty One Pilots Copy Share Image
