I record into my phone as soon as I hear a track. Melody comes first for me, and then my gibberish usually… — Keiynan Lonsdale Copy Share Image
I think for an artist it's really important to have experiences, and I've had a lot of those. It's definitely inspired my… — Neon Hitch Copy Share Image
I don't spend afternoons practicing my guitar to get better. I do read, though, to get inspiration for my lyrics. — Mat Kearney Copy Share Image
You have to find a sound that reflects what our souls feel like inside, how our bodies actually feel. That's why we… — Prodigy Copy Share Image
In Bengali films, since I also write the lyrics, there are certain songs, which I get emotionally and personally attached to. — Anupam Roy Copy Share Image
If 'happily ever after' did exist, I would still be holding you like this, all those fairy tales are full of shit. — Maroon 5 Copy Share Image
“You pull the trigger just for fun, forgetting I'm a loaded gun. So hate me for the things I've done, and not… — Motionless in White Copy Share Image
I used to get these reviews in American newspapers saying that they didn't understand what my lyrics were about. I saw that… — Gilbert O'Sullivan Copy Share Image
Our scribblings are usually not lyrics but whirrings, without colour or resonance, like the tone of an engine-wheel. I believe that the… — Rosa Luxemburg Copy Share Image
If you're gonna use simile, analogy, metaphor, be descriptive and have some flowery adjectives and a few odd nouns and some engaging… — Ian Anderson Copy Share Image
I would agree with that. But when I write lyrics, personally I don't care if the person who is listening to it… — David W. Marsden Copy Share Image
“I was nothing but a failure. A fucked-up, broken shame. I was nothing but this emptiness. A shell ruined by fame. Don’t… — Lexi Ryan Copy Share Image
I pretty much started the lyrics and I hit a roadblock and I think Kerry finished them up. Then I came back… — Jeff Hanneman Copy Share Image
People know my lyrics; they know the stuff I've written, and it's all about life, love, happiness, and these big euphoric moments.… — Kaskade Copy Share Image
“If I had one night, I'd hold you in my arms, Find redemption, no more contention, Keeping you close. Too long, years… — Liza M. Wiemer Copy Share Image
“There is a place where the sidewalk ends And before the street begins, And there the grass grows soft and white, And… — Shel Silverstein Copy Share Image
Music - not just the lyrics, but the music itself - expresses confused or illicit passions: rage, lust, envy, frustration, channeling these… — Sarah Churchwell Copy Share Image
I feel like my rise is connected to my lyrics, my look, my dance, my character, it all feeds into the same… — Blueface Copy Share Image
Usually when we go in to cut demos, one of us will lay down some mumbling sort of stuff for the vocal… — Synyster Gates Copy Share Image
What I love about lyrics is that they don't have to be very complicated. A good sentence over a great chord with… — Jason Schwartzman Copy Share Image
I'm moved by song lyrics, particularly Tom Waits' 'Take It With Me.' It's about a man on his deathbed, wanting to take… — Paul Young Copy Share Image
“The days get longer and the nights smell green I guess it's not surprising but it's spring and I should leave.” — Modest Mouse Copy Share Image
Musicals allow a depth of emotion that you don't get in another form of acting, the chord changes, the lyrics really affect… — Michael Ball Copy Share Image
“I hope that one day, I can again believe in you and sing a song for you while holding you in my… — Bhuwan Thapaliya Copy Share Image
Country music busts the wall between performer and audience. There's a connection because there's a vulnerability, a confessional quality, to so much… — Hunter Hayes Copy Share Image
I try to write lyrics so that they won't age, which sort of leaves you with the big subjects like death and… — Florence Welch Copy Share Image
People ask me if I left the lyrics open to ambiguity. Of course I did. I wanted to make a whole series… — Don McLean Copy Share Image
So much of rock lyrics is just a mirror of real feeling. It doesn't feel dangerous to me. They just feel like… — Stephen Malkmus Copy Share Image
Yorke's lyrics make me want to give up. I could never in my wildest dreams find something as beautiful as they find… — Dave Matthews Copy Share Image
In both pop and disco, the meaning of the lyrics is not too important. I have nothing I feel I particularly want… — Giorgio Moroder Copy Share Image
I've definitely got a lot more cautious about my lyrics - I feel I want to be a positive force in the… — Brandon Flowers Copy Share Image
I don't mean to close the door but for the record my heart is sore you blew through me like bullet holes… — Cocorosie Copy Share Image
“There is no future, there is not past, I live this moment as my last, there's only this, forget regret, no other… — Jonathon Larson Copy Share Image
I never wanted to write really cheesy pop lyrics - like, 'baby, baby, the sun is shining' - that's not something that… — Lauren Mayberry Copy Share Image
I like to write music. And I think exploring with lyrics and figuring out how to make complete songs is fun. I… — Stone Gossard Copy Share Image
My earliest attempts at writing were when I was seven. I would sit at the piano and transcribe the songs I heard… — Esperanza Spalding Copy Share Image
Whether my lyrics are about love or something else, I always make sure I'm connecting with my fans, and to see their… — Ozuna Copy Share Image
You don't meet that many people that you can talk about Roots Manuva with, but that was my favorite in school, this… — Alex Turner Copy Share Image
I write new lyrics as I'm traveling and I like to record in the place where I had the original idea. Sometimes… — Manu Chao Copy Share Image
One of the hardest things about writing lyrics is to make the lyrics sit on the music in such a way that… — Stephen Sondheim Copy Share Image
