If you can express something in the simplest way possible, I think there's something noble in that. It's easy to flesh stuff… — Yannis Philippakis Copy Share Image
Initially we were spitting lyrics over garage beats, in that eight-bar gap where there wasn't a vocal. But we were rebellious towards… — Kano Copy Share Image
“WILL WORK FOR FOOD © 2013 Lyrics & Music by Michele Jennae There he was with a cardboard sign, Will Work For… — Michele Jennae Copy Share Image
“Tears flood in you your eyes burning your heart scars with my name scratched deep My face is gone my heart betrayed… — Mercy Cortez (LiveForeverAnon Copy Share Image
The first time you listen to someone else's interpretation of what you've created, it's a little unnerving. They'll change lyrics or something… — Chris Stapleton Copy Share Image
“We decided to leave early, you wouldn't want to be there in the end, when the lights came on. You'd never sit… — David Boutler Copy Share Image
There's four individuals in the band. I don't speak for any of the individuals except for myself, and neither does Serj. But… — John Dolmayan Copy Share Image
'Til I collapse I'm spilling these raps long as you feel 'em 'Til the day that I drop you'll never say that… — Eminem Copy Share Image
Then, once I have lyrics, being able to shape them around a song is nothing new for me, I've been doing that… — Geddy Lee Copy Share Image
I grew up with vinyl records and remember the pleasure and the kind of buzz that I got from buying a beautiful… — Steven Wilson Copy Share Image
Making lyrics feel natural, sit on music in such a way that you don't feel the effort of the author, so that… — Stephen Sondheim Copy Share Image
The weirdest place I have ever written a song is probably in an airport, and I got an idea so fast that… — Taylor Swift Copy Share Image
I ain't tryna be hell bound/ Rather be Heaven sent and never feel held down/ Lemme take off help me to sell… — Tactics Copy Share Image
It's strange. No one ever really talked to me about my voice. People started writing about it, and I was like, 'What?'… — King Krule Copy Share Image
“Autumn leaves under frozen soles, Hungry hands turning soft and old, My hero cried as we stood out their in the cold,… — Paolo Nutini Copy Share Image
What doesn't kill you makes you wish you were dead. Got a hole in my soul growing deeper and deeper. And I… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Used" You don't see me Blind to the real me I'm not who you think I should be But I can't be… — Olivia Cunning Copy Share Image
No matter where life takes me find me with smile, presumed to be happy only laughing like a child, never thought life… — Mac Miller Copy Share Image
I don't know why, but there's a certain element of panic in writing lyrics that I'm not sure I enjoy. I don't… — Mike Patton Copy Share Image
Drake] All my exes live in texas like I'm george strait or they go to georgia state where- tuition is handled by… — Drake Copy Share Image
I've been singing about love a long time now, because my kind of love carries a different flavor. My lyrics are not… — Burning Spear Copy Share Image
As accurately as I possibly can. I explain , to my kid, that love's an elusive, fragile and resilient thing. And as… — Eric Benet Copy Share Image
I just love storytelling. I write music to tell stories. So when I'm done writing a song, I take it and go,… — Hayley Kiyoko Copy Share Image
“All we shared was a mattress, and a lie, and an address Baby I don't need you, well baby I don't need… — Billy Talent Copy Share Image
“Fuck Tris. I would give body parts to have a guy write something like that for me. My kidney? Oh, both of… — Rachel Cohn Copy Share Image
[Rihanna] I know you've been hurt by someone else I can tell by the way you carry yourself. If you let me,… — Drake Copy Share Image
We start a lot with melodies and instrumentation and trying to figure out good melodies for verses and choruses. We get to… — Dave Haywood Copy Share Image
There is a diverse meaning to the lyrics as well. A lot of the stuff I write is from a personal level… — Johan Hegg Copy Share Image
I think that Chad Gray is one of the most honest, emotional, real vocalists there is; he really takes a lot of… — Vinnie Paul Copy Share Image
In all my work, in the movies I write, the lyrics, the poetry, the prose, the essays, I am saying that we… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
If you take the duality of things - like sunny-sounding music with weird lyrics on it - it makes this dichotomy. I've… — Mod Sun Copy Share Image
I realized that, for me, great records always moved me with the lyrics and the melodies. And so I said, 'I think… — Laurieann Gibson Copy Share Image
“I love your body 'cause I've lost my mind If you want someone to talk to, you're wasting your time If you… — Jarvis Cocker Copy Share Image
Lyrics became important for a while in the late Seventies. Patti Smith was a poet and a rock star, as much one… — John Cooper Clarke Copy Share Image
Not all the lyrics are topical - sometimes that is just the setting. They are all pretty much interpersonal. For some reason… — Tim Presley Copy Share Image
I'm particularly attuned to lyrics, and very often a bad set of lyrics will ruin a song for me, while my friends… — Bruce Cockburn Copy Share Image
Meri Aashiqui Lyrics Tu mujhe chhod jaaye Yeh nahi ho sakta, saathiya Meri baaton mein tera zikr sadaa Meri yaad mein teri… — Meri Aashiqui Copy Share Image
Because I write the music, I write the lyrics, I write the vocal melody lines - I write everything. Just because I… — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share Image
Went a little crazy when me and my ex split/ I started livin life, like I had a death wish/ Most you… — Tactics Copy Share Image
"On Script" is one of my favorite songs I've ever written. I'd just been jamming on it one day, and again I… — Courtney Barnett Copy Share Image