The music I wrote as a kid already was always instrumental. It was never based on lyrics. — Ramin Djawadi Copy Share Image
I've always been a fan of country music. It's America's music - I love the songs, love the lyrics. — Charles Koppelman Copy Share Image
I am a big Pink Floyd fan. That is where a lot of the concept lyrics come from. — Gary Cherone Copy Share Image
When I perform I try and focus on the lyrics and my interpretation of the lyrics. — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share Image
My fans know to treat my lyrics like a T-bone steak - you know you can't chew on it unless you cut… — Bushwick Bill Copy Share Image
A good song has to have a great melody, and the lyrics have to touch my heart. Now, if it's just a… — Reba McEntire Copy Share Image
I'm writing a musical. I am. I was able to buy the rights to 'The Preacher's Wife,' which starred Whitney Houston... I'm… — Tituss Burgess Copy Share Image
“In starlit nights I saw you, So cruelly you kissed me. Your lips a magic world, Your sky all hung with jewels.… — Echo and the Bunnymen Copy Share Image
You do know about us in the type of music and the lyrics and their sensibility. Through that you do know something… — Russell Mael Copy Share Image
I want to say my life inspires my lyrics, but I also try to abstract them as much as possible because I… — Grimes Copy Share Image
On 'Love Letters', I focused exclusively on songs with lyrics, creating a collection of songs that directly address heartbreak and its ensuing… — Anoushka Shankar Copy Share Image
I think Sia is a pretty good reference for me because her way of 'singing and the way she composes the melodies… — Saara Aalto Copy Share Image
The first thing that inspires any song is a chord progression. When I have one I really like, I get into the… — Anonymous 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
I always thought that was very important, to be able to deliver great lyrics and also put on a great performance, to… — Big Daddy Kane 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
I started listening to The-Dream a lot. That's when I really got into writing songs. I like the way he put lyrics… — Bryson Tiller Copy Share Image
When I published my first novel, 'Slammed,' I included lyrics at the beginning of each chapter from one of my favorite bands,… — Colleen Hoover Copy Share Image
Listening to music and lyrics and watching movies, I think, uses a lot of the same muscles we use in reading and… — Tracy K. Smith Copy Share Image
My heart is a weatherballoon caught in an updraft of a chinese tax percentage, the tax percentages are unequivocaaaaaaaaaal, Unequivocaaaaaaaaal. This is… — Thom Yorke Copy Share Image
