I used to say it was painful to write lyrics about myself and looking inward. — Peter Frampton Copy Share Image
I'm not given the opportunity - nor do I want it - to write my own lyrics. — Tony Kanal Copy Share Image
It takes me, like, half an hour to write the lyrics for a song. They just come out. — Sia Copy Share Image
It takes more talent to write music, but it takes more courage to write lyrics. — Johnny Mercer Copy Share Image
It's weird to try to write lyrics for somebody else. They can't really get behind what you're saying or what you want… — Wes Borland Copy Share Image
But then you have to write a song, so at that point, I picked up the reins and started to write lyrics. — Jim Capaldi Copy Share Image
I like to write lyrics when I feel it, and because of that, I like to keep a log of lyrics all… — Alissa White-Gluz Copy Share Image
I write lyrics. putting words and melodies to my songs. That's a real challenge, I take it on vigorously. — Gord Downie Copy Share Image
I have always preferred paper and ink to a computer screen and I still write most of my lyrics by hand. — Leo Sayer Copy Share Image
Sometimes I'll get a burst when I write lyrics, it usually happens in 20 minutes and I'll write the whole song, and… — Jonny Lang Copy Share Image
After all, nothing helps to write lyrics more than to mess around with the language. — Joshua Homme 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
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
I would write down the lyrics to 'C.R.E.A.M.' in Korean - not translating it, but phonetically writing out each word. I didn't… — G-Dragon 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
I try to write lyrics that will be able to function on their own if they get separated from the music. But… — John K. Samson Copy Share Image
With my first three albums I did everything on my own. It was what I was used to and where I felt… — Amy Macdonald Copy Share Image
I get tips from Bob Gaudio. And one of my songs somehow caught the attention of one of my idols, Marty Panzer,… — Erich Bergen Copy Share Image
I don't write lyrics. I hear the track and sing in gibberish over it, then I try and fit words into the… — Kelela Copy Share Image
I feel like a lyricist is somebody that writes their own lyrics. Now songwriters and lyricists are two totally different things. You… — Dave East 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
The one good thing about a movie and music and stuff like that: Sometimes it's a counterpoint between the movie and the… — Patrick Watson Copy Share Image
When you're younger and a little more innocent, you write whatever [lyrics] comes naturally. But as you get used to writing you… — Steve "Lips" Kudlow Copy Share Image
I've tended to write lyrics alone. The emotion of the melody comes first. But what stimulates us are usually these dreamy minor… — Stella Mozgawa Copy Share Image
Some people can sit down and write a song, but they can't go on stage like I can. I tell the songwriter's… — Sharon Jones Copy Share Image
Writing a song is like - you're writing a song all the time. It's just when it pops out. It's been there… — Mick Jagger Copy Share Image
It's just like an idea, like a chorus, and then we just jam on it - it happens in loads of different… — Luke Pritchard Copy Share Image
Usually I will hear a sample, think of a theme and then it will take me a couple of days to write… — Princess Superstar Copy Share Image
Obviously, I write all of my lyrics from my heart and my life first. — Olivia Rodrigo Copy Share Image
I write my lyrics into the computer and I hum my music into the dictaphone. — Sebastian Bach Copy Share Image
I get the music, I get the beats. And I go to the studios and write the lyrics. — Obie Trice Copy Share Image
I was never a 'sit down with a notepad and write lyrics' kind of person. — James Vincent McMorrow Copy Share Image
I write lyrics based on music, on a musical flow, and what sounds good at the time. — Mike Patton Copy Share Image
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