There have always been jokes all over our songs; I originally started writing lyrics to make my friends crack a smile, which… — Alex Turner Copy Share Image
It's a combination of melody and lyrics, not one without the other. It's a confluence of these different elements that makes something… — Michael Bolton Copy Share Image
My junior high school class, wish I stayed there. Illegal entrepreneur, I got my grades there. Blaming society, mad, it wasn't made… — Nas Copy Share Image
“We throw stones though we live in glass houses, We talk shit like its a cross to bare. You're only relevant 'til… — Alex Gaskarth Copy Share Image
When you sing for a film, you are not in control, because somebody else is directing it; somebody is doing the lyrics. — Mohit Chauhan Copy Share Image
Sometimes I'll try something on piano and move to guitar, but usually that comes after scratching down some ideas for lyrics. — Melody Gardot Copy Share Image
I tend to scribble down notes, lyrics or just random thoughts on pieces of paper, backs of cigarette packs, sometimes on my… — John Waite Copy Share Image
I sing 'All Apologies' with my own lyrics. People want to sing along, but then, oops, they realize it's a different story. — Nina Hagen Copy Share Image
Most of the time, the lyrics are kind of like my secret messages to my friends or my boyfriend or my mom… — Imogen Heap Copy Share Image
I know your insides are feeling so hollow And its a hard pill for you to swallow Yeah, but if I fall… — Mars Mavis Paul John Copy Share Image
When I discovered Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen, I could explore the records that inspired me on a different level and that… — Taylor Goldsmith Copy Share Image
“You also use ink to write lyrics that are so private that you smear them in all kinds of figurative ways so… — Charles Homans Copy Share Image
One of the jobs, I think, of a lyricist - whether I'm working to my own music or I'm collaborating with someone… — Stephen Schwartz 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
It's been neat to find out different writing strategies. I've been in the room with so many different writers. Sometimes, you write… — Kane Brown Copy Share Image
I didn't even write the lyrics down. I got in the booth, I put down a little guitar riff and the idea… — Benji Madden Copy Share Image
Soul lyrics, soul music came at about the same time as the civil rights movement, and it's very possible that one influenced… — Ahmet Ertegun Copy Share Image
I just remember certain things really well. I know my schedule, my husband's schedule and my parents' schedule. I also have a… — Susan Tedeschi Copy Share Image
I've always loved melody and pop hooks, slightly left of centre but I have always tried to balance it with songs that… — James Righton Copy Share Image
Just talking about the schedule and logistics of a tour is fine, but if the interview gets into lyrics and the music… — Michael Penn Copy Share Image
When I was 3 or 4, I seemed to be bursting with music. They played Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie, Frank Sinatra in… — Dan Hill Copy Share Image
“Your lyrics lack subtlety! You can't just have your characters announce how they feel! That makes me feel angry!” — Matt Groening Copy Share Image
I remember when I was very young, I read an article by Fats Domino which has really influenced me. He said, 'You… — Mick Jagger Copy Share Image
I stopped writing lyrics down on paper after me and Jay-Z did 'Money In the Bank.' They're something I just hold in… — Jermaine Dupri Copy Share Image
Sometimes my boyfriend would write the lyrics and I would write the melody, and other times I would start from scratch. Or… — Carly Simon Copy Share Image
What I really like to do with my music is these concept stories, and I always like to have some life philosophies… — King Diamond Copy Share Image
“You held me down, but I got up Hey! Alrighty brushing off the dust You hear my voice You hear that sound… — Katy Perry Copy Share Image
I put out a lot of ideas in the lyrics and the way I do my things. There's a lot of ideas… — Marilyn Manson Copy Share Image
'Chandelier' took, like, four minutes to write the chords, then, like, 12-15 minutes to write the lyrics. Probably 10 or 15 minutes… — Sia Copy Share Image
My brother came home from college with a Mountain Goats cassette and I was like, 'What is this?' The lyrics were crazy… — Aesop Rock 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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
