“I was nothing but a failure. A fucked-up, broken shame. I was nothing but this emptiness. A shell ruined by fame. Don’t… — Lexi Ryan Copy Share Image
If you're gonna use simile, analogy, metaphor, be descriptive and have some flowery adjectives and a few odd nouns and some engaging… — Ian Anderson Copy Share Image
Our scribblings are usually not lyrics but whirrings, without colour or resonance, like the tone of an engine-wheel. I believe that the… — Rosa Luxemburg Copy Share Image
“I just want that magical feeling I wrote about years ago when I used to write the lyrics for the band’s rock… — Carian Cole Copy Share Image
One of the first places where I started to respond to song lyrics was in reggae music. A lot of what I… — Matisyahu Copy Share Image
I just do what I gotta do and try to show people I can write some funny lyrics and play piano, and… — Tim Minchin Copy Share Image
To do a musical takes a tremendous amount of energy because you have to act and sing at the same time. And… — Alan Alda Copy Share Image
“Some things are better off forgotten We bury them in places that we really only visit by ourselves Oh you were a… — Stone Sour - Anna Copy Share Image
The lyrics just come out, and I don't know where from. I'm an incredible failure in relationships. I think there's a romantic… — Chris Martin Copy Share Image
I always write knowing that people will hear it, but also hoping they'll see it. So a lot of times I make… — Boots Riley Copy Share Image
If you take a song like 'We Will, We Will Rock You,' 'You got blood on your face... ' - he's rhyming… — Gza Copy Share Image
“Apart from the sampler, though, I still hadn’t heard the songs that were on the short-list for Frank and Amy seemed a… — Mitch Winehouse Copy Share Image
Im a complete poet Now no it Dont even half to ask show it new mc like biggy I make it juicy… — KeShawn Lovell Dunning Copy Share Image
“You’d better marry her before she reaches eighteen and the spell wears off,” I said. “Spell?” “Yes. The one that’s hiding her… — Shana Abe Copy Share Image
“I don't really like this song," Emma had said. "You told me it was your favourite." "It's beautiful. But it always makes… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
I got into songwriting because I'm not very good at communicating sometimes, just my true words, so music was always my way… — LIZ Copy Share Image
I was, like, 12 or 13; the first hip hop song I tried to rapping to was Macklemore's 'Thrift Shop,' and my… — Rich Brian Copy Share Image
I'm looking for me and feels like I went away with you when you left. Can't be real,finding me means I have… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Not a lot of people know I wrote the lyrics for the Arsenal club song, 'Good Old Arsenal'. We had a competition… — Jimmy Hill Copy Share Image
Lyrical poetry is not a big part of most people's lives. Twitter now becomes an interesting way of getting cared for language… — Teju Cole Copy Share Image
“I stay out of sight and only whisper to you. Words I can’t say. Words you don’t need to hear. Words I can’t keep from… — Abbi Glines Copy Share Image
Big band music, to me, it really has three key elements. First is the lyrics are really sweet, and they're just really… — John Tesh Copy Share Image
We started very slow in America. It was small acoustic shows. We played places like Los Angeles, New York and Chicago and… — Emeli Sande Copy Share Image
A tornado flew around my room before you came Excuse the mess it made, it usually doesn't rain In Southern California, much… — Corrina Stephen Copy Share Image
“Pay to go inside Neruda's home A body lies there with no dome. But right there in the front hall Lean a… — Ana Claudia Antunes Copy Share Image
“Fantasy Landslide by Stewart Stafford I chased Silver Salmon gleam, To where Ogre Battles rage, Mad The Swine guided me to A… — Stewart Stafford Copy Share Image
“I lean forward, pressing my lips to his, and it breaks me open. His hand leaves my face and traces notes up… — Katherine Longshore Copy Share Image
“Concert pianists get to be quite chummy with dead composers. They can't help it. Classical music isn't just music . It's a… — Marisha Pessl Copy Share Image
“As James entered the El Paso city limits, he began thinking about lyrics to a song that would describe his journey. “I’m… — Joyce Swann Copy Share Image
I had a general burnout: I got extremely tired; I couldn't do anything anymore. I canceled tours; I cancelled everything in my… — Floor Jansen Copy Share Image
When I sit down and try to write lyrics first - I've definitely done that in the past - but most of… — Ty Segall Copy Share Image
“I've been looking so long at these pictures of you That I almost believe that they're real I've been living so long… — Boris Williams Copy Share Image
When I wrote the lyrics, melodies, and the first themes of 'Serendipity,' I tried to come up with some rare things you… — RM Copy Share Image
I'm not a 'real rapper'; I just like to talk about what I've been through. When I was younger, I just said… — Metta World Peace Copy Share Image
The essence of my lyrics is the desire for peace and harmony. That's all anyone has ever wanted. How could it become… — Robert Plant Copy Share Image
I think it's hilarious that you would give an endorsement deal to someone who you've heard their lyrics a million times and… — Lamorne Morris Copy Share Image
I write my own lyrics completely on my own. Sometimes I have people helping me with concepts or like choruses and stuff… — Big Sean Copy Share Image
“She once said her songs were "mostly about myths, spirits, that kind of thing. Not fairies, stronger than that." Not fairies. Stronger… — Graeme Thomson Copy Share Image
In music, there seems to be a myth that being authentic and genuine has to be confessional, and we think what Sparks… — Russell Mael Copy Share Image
When I realized I could write lyrics and let someone that I knew listen to them, but not know that the song… — King Krule Copy Share Image
