Melody is king, and don't you ever forget it. Lyrics appear to be out front, but they're not; they're just an accompanying… — Quincy Jones Copy Share Image
Hearing other peoples' interpretations of your lyrics, to me, is just a total kick in the pants. Half the time, they're better. — Mike Patton Copy Share Image
You can try and read my lyrics off of this paper before I lay 'em But you won't take the sting out… — Eminem 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 don't like lyrics that are just thrown together, that were obviously written as you went along, or the song was already… — Neil Peart Copy Share Image
I always say the wrestlers provide the music and the announcers write the lyrics. You have to feel what you're seeing and… — Jim Ross Copy Share Image
When it comes to lyrics, I just write down a lot of things, and only a very tiny fraction of it, I… — Matt Berninger Copy Share Image
When I hear from fans that they not only like the music but they're also very touched by the lyrics, or they… — Alissa White-Gluz Copy Share Image
There's no set way to do anything. Sometimes you have to go outside the box; sometimes you can do things the standard… — Gza Copy Share Image
From like 15 to 19, all I listened to was Elliott Smith. I started to appreciate the more human aspect of music… — Alex G Copy Share Image
I first came across Langhorne Slim when I saw him play live, and he's an incredibly infectious performer. The way he works… — Johnny Flynn Copy Share Image
I think, then, there's the sort of, like, political dimension to lyrics. One of the problems that I've had with my output… — J. Robbins Copy Share Image
“Being older, I began to understand the lyrics. At the beginning, it sounds like a guy is trying to get his girlfriend… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
“You can dance. You can make me laugh. You've got x-ray eyes. You know how to sing. You're a diplomat. You've got… — Laurie Anderson Copy Share Image
I'm more honest in my lyrics than I am in anything else. It's where I feel the most safe to express myself.… — Jamie Lynn Spears Copy Share Image
“I had no songs in my repertoire for commercial radio anyway. Songs about debauched bootleggers, mothers that drowned their own children, Cadillacs… — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
In some ways, the more that I write songs, the more I feel that telling a story is the most important thing;… — Rostam Batmanglij Copy Share Image
There's definitely a Leos Carax universe that he has created in his films; we've done something similar with our music and lyrics.… — Ron Mael Copy Share Image
“Love me, love me, love me, Say you do. Let me fly away with you. For my love is like the wind,… — Ned Washington Copy Share Image
I had only heard about Fall Out Boy a couple months before we contacted him. I heard 'Saturday' and 'Grand Theft Autumn'… — Brendon Urie Copy Share Image
The 'sent' folder of my email program is really my biggest inspiration and my biggest source of lyrics. That's where I go… — Jens Lekman Copy Share Image
I'm without a doubt a producer first. The lyrics happen towards the tail-end of the process, mainly because they're more stream-of-consciousness. It's… — Washed Out Copy Share Image
The music is the same if you go all the way back to the first albums I made or the middle or… — J. J. Cale Copy Share Image
When I write, it's like choosing which shoes I'm going to put on. More often than not, my lyrics are personal -… — Bad Bunny Copy Share Image
The musical style and sound of 'Love You to Death' is something I wanted to do from the moment I started working… — Taeyang Copy Share Image
I've learned by experience that, if I get too clever with lyrics, or if I'm not totally embodying my own wants and… — Lou Barlow Copy Share Image
Back in the day it was like, I got a great record from a great producer and writer and it's a hit… — Omarion Copy Share Image
I love Feist. I love Francoise Hardy. She was a French singer-songwriter in the '60s who was pretty huge. I think I'm… — Yuna Copy Share Image
“I believe the stars are the headlights of angels driving from heaven to save us to save us...Won't you look at the… — David Berman Copy Share Image
My dad's Nigerian, and I remember going to Nigeria, and all of these kids and adults and everyone in-between knew who TuPac… — Annie Ilonzeh Copy Share Image
“As far as I was concerned, I wrote songs; chords and beats and lyrics, verses. and bridges and hooks. But then, as… — Gayle Forman Copy Share Image
“I'm also a book nerd so aside from my life and my opinions, you could say my lyrics are inspired in some… — Dominic Owen Mallary Copy Share Image
“Finn swore and swung on me, his eyes darting between me and the road. “You don’t have a filter, do you? You… — Amy Harmon Copy Share Image
The music video director really wanted to incorporate the imagery of guns into 'Nega Dola' because the lyrics are very aggressive. It… — BoA Copy Share Image
“Danger, Danger running cold Knowing but fearing just the same Death comes and yet you don’t let go Standing while it’s steel bands… — Abbi Glines Copy Share Image
Music keep our mind happy the lyrics are the flow of blood but the words that are said help us though our… — Ryan Davies Copy Share Image
“Sabrina surely had one dead ex-boyfriend on her record. But did Martina have a deceased ex-boyfriend in her past too? Biggie’s words… — Tomas Adam Nyapi Copy Share Image
When you make a melody that doesn't come with words from the get-go, sometimes you're just thinking about random vowel sounds that… — David Longstreth Copy Share Image
In the beginning of Audioslave, I was very honest. I said, 'We make great albums and write great albums - but don't… — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
Lyrics have become so dumbed down nowadays. People don't want to have to think about lyrics anymore, they just want to be… — Nate Ruess Copy Share Image
