Excited Quote by Aldous Harding

I was in love with metaphors and similes and alliteration, just the play on the words. I was fascinated with that concept.

— Latto

As a songwriter, metaphor is instinctual.

— Rodney Crowell

I really embrace things that I think people who like music can relate to, they grew up with the same stuff and know the…

— Hoodie Allen

I just happened to start playing music for the conceptual ideas

— Kim Gordon

Metaphor creates a kind of conceptual synesthesia, in which we understand one concept in the context of another.

— James Geary

When I first started writing music, it was to express that. I was trying to find God and trying to find meaning in my…

— Mat Kearney

Metaphors think with the imagination and the senses. The hot chili peppers in them explode in the mouth and the mind.

— Jane Hirshfield

I was always drawn to music. It consumed my thoughts and when I realized I could make people feel something through music that is…

— John Swihart

Our songs aren't metaphorical, normally: they're literal in their interpretation.

— Brad Paisley

I used to be very figurative and also just kind of scared to talk about the way I felt in a literal way.

— SZA

The essence of metaphor is understanding and experiencing one kind of thing in terms of another.

— George Lakoff

“The secret of mastering creativity in any field is knowing how to work with metaphor without getting caught in language...”

— Martha Beck