Yes, basically, like you said, I'll work out a chord pattern and work out the lyrics over that. — Roger McGuinn Copy Share Image
“Cuz even a gangsta rapper can find redemption For the sins committed before revelation.” — Carlos Salinas Copy Share Image
When you know the lyrics to a tune, you have some kind of insight as to it's composition. — Dexter Gordon Copy Share Image
“I know one thing for sho Heaven’s gotta have a ghetto Cuz where else in death do I get to go?” — Carlos Salinas Copy Share Image
Cacie Dalager's voice is beautiful, and her lyrics break my heart. — Lauren Mayberry Copy Share Image
I was never a 'sit down with a notepad and write lyrics' kind of person. — James Vincent McMorrow 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
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
“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
Etta James takes credit for writing some of the lyrics on 'I'd Rather Go Blind,' which I think are some of the… — Beth Hart 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
With Mr. Bungle, I'd lay down a really rough demo of my vocals and then play them for the guys without telling… — Mike Patton Copy Share Image
When I have just sat down and tried to write the lyrics of a song, usually about half of it sounds like… — Matt Berninger Copy Share Image
“[D]id you ever notice how friendships are a lot like pop songs? They are for girls, anyway. First there's the newness of… — Brando Skyhorse Copy Share Image
I write for myself; I'm trying to keep myself interested in the music. But at the same time, I want to make… — Mac DeMarco Copy Share Image
Alan Menken is so gifted in terms of coming up with these great melodies. What I learned from working with him was… — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share Image
“I stayed to spy on them. I heard my mother moaning, and crying out for Chris. Then she surprised me. “Momma, where… — V.C. Andrews Copy Share Image
![“[D]id you ever notice how friendships are a lot like pop songs? They are for girls, anyway. First there's the newness of it, the melody that streams into your head and makes you wonder ― will I like this song? Then come the vocals, what the song's heart truly sounds like, and with it the song's…” quote by Brando Skyhorse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/07c/brando-skyhorse-52565_difficult-time_d-id-you-ever-notice-how-friendships-are_1371199.jpg)
