I noticed that on the Beach Boys' 'Pet Sounds' record they could get away with racy lyrics like that because of how… — Eric Carmen Copy Share Image
When I could only see the floor, you made my window a door So when they say they dont believe, I hope… — Thousand Foot Krutch Copy Share Image
When I first started writing, when I was 15, I would go to work with people and they would tell me my… — Sabrina Claudio Copy Share Image
I loved writing lyrics for rap when I was in junior high. I loved studying, but somehow I wanted to be a… — RM Copy Share Image
My father used to tape 'Top of the Pops' for me every Sunday, and I would sit in my bedroom, write down… — Bonnie Tyler Copy Share Image
I like my lyrics to feel conversational and truthful, as if we're having real talk. I don't really like generic lyrics. — Meredith Brooks Copy Share Image
I started playing guitar when I was 13. I'd written a few songs on the guitar over some time. I'd written a… — Lewis Hamilton Copy Share Image
It is titled 'Song of Joy.' The lyrics are inspiring and I hope it appeals to people. The track will help them… — Liz Mitchell Copy Share Image
“I’ve been trying to stay real and true and proud of who I am, all those ideals of how to look I’ve… — Charlotte Eriksson Copy Share Image
Yes, Justin Bieber is a contrivance. Yes, Justin Bieber's lyrics are insipid - worse still, disingenuous. Yes, his tattoos stink. Yes, he's… — Mary H.K. Choi Copy Share Image
We let the lyrics be the focus of the song. Which is not what you hear with some of the zeitgeisty bands,… — Taylor Goldsmith Copy Share Image
For 'Pivot and Scrape' I started out with a melodic and buoyant synth melody for the demo. The imagery and lyrics for… — Sophie Thatcher Copy Share Image
I don't want to live To waste another day Underneath the shadow of mistakes I made Cause I feel like I'm breaking… — Shinedown Copy Share Image
I try not to agonize over my lyrics, though, because that can come across in them. Some lyrics come more easily than… — Jane Siberry Copy Share Image
Yeah, if my bandmembers listened to me and put everything to the side and just said, 'Okay, let's just go in and… — John Dolmayan Copy Share Image
“But when ye come, and all the flowers are dying, If I am dead, as dead I well may be, You'll come… — Frederic Weatherly Copy Share Image
I really like worship music. It settles my soul. Gets me back on track. The lyrics are almost like a prayer, so… — Jodi Benson Copy Share Image
Steve Allen was on Johnny Carson one time - I looked for it, but I couldn't find it - and he read… — Neal Brennan Copy Share Image
My music reflects the time on which we live, both in terms of arrangements, as well as in the subjects treated in… — Lara Fabian Copy Share Image
People often look up to actors. It is not right on their part to do songs whose lyrics are not good. Actors… — Kumar Sanu Copy Share Image
I'm like part of the Kurt Cobain school of writing lyrics, which is the syntax of the words is more important than...… — Zachary Cole Smith Copy Share Image
I was left to painstakingly deal with the aftermath of my avoidance later in life, in therapy or through the lyrics of… — Alanis Morissette Copy Share Image
I feel if you make the song good enough, structurally and sonically, then you can literally do whatever you want with the… — CMAT Copy Share Image
I generally have lyrics first, but you can't help that when you're writing lyrics you start to get a melody in your… — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image
I've been studying people - a homeless guy in Scotland, a blind accordion player in London - and they've inspired the lyrics… — Ryan Ross Copy Share Image
Our success just flies in the face of critics or people who would rather that we just failed... because we didn't fit… — Ed Kowalczyk Copy Share Image
L-l-let me shake it off I just signed a couple deals, I might break you off And we ain't making up, I… — Nicki Minaj Copy Share Image
My lyrics are about same-sex relationships, because that's who I am. It was important to me that I felt comfortable expressing myself. — Olly Alexander Copy Share Image
When eddie said he didn't like his teddy u know he was a no good kid- the roecky horror picture show song… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Before 'Music and Lyrics,' I was just doing high school plays and singing in my church choir and my school choir. — Haley Bennett Copy Share Image
I'm a Gemini, so I'm very dual. I love something and I hate it at the same time, so that probably comes… — Victoria Legrand Copy Share Image
I've actually had a melody on my guitar since the day I learned how to play it, back when I was 7.… — Miley Cyrus Copy Share Image
When I'm writing with John Leventhal, the music that he's written mostly comes first. And I'll write the lyrics and the melody. — Shawn Colvin Copy Share Image
Night falls, with gravity. The earth turns, from sanity Taking my only friend I know, He leaves a lot, his name is… — Twenty One Pilots Copy Share Image
When they're singing the guitar lines of songs in South America? Never heard that before. And in Canada, when they're singing all… — Mike McCready Copy Share Image
Growing up, so many songs that I thought were hits and statistically weren't really, like numberswise, if you care about that. But… — Ice Spice Copy Share Image
I think as someone who releases music to the world, not knowing how they're gonna take it, I think there's really not… — Benson Boone Copy Share Image
Mixer and the liquor here to wash away the pain/ But it never goes away it's like a permanent stain/ And I… — Tactics Copy Share Image
“I'm a wordsmith. My expertise is in word formation and rhyming compilation. I'm going to revolutionize hip hop with unique, fiery lyrics… — Wade The Wordsmith 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
