Cracks Quote by Alex Turner

The best of my songs are more than just a joke. There's something else going on - a character, or it's not just a…

— Randy Newman

My music started out as a complete joke, so really all I was doing was going for witty punchlines to make all of my…

— Mike Stud

I've always littered my songs with jokes. You might need to dig a little deeper to find the humor, but I would totally object…

— Cass McCombs

When I'm writing a lyric, things can only get so serious before they start becoming humorous.

— John Prine

I say funny stuff in my lyrics to make people laugh, but it's all in the seriousness of the music. I'm just being witty.

— Rich Brian

We try to write the best songs ever, and they come out kind of funny.

— Kyle Gass

I think a lot of my songs are very silly and very stupid, written to entertain people, but in the end, I always come…

— Jens Lekman

I've always found it pretty difficult to write a happy song.

— Aaron Bruno

Jokes rot. They're not like songs. I always envy singers - Sting is always going to sing 'Roxanne'. But people want to hear new…

— Chris Rock

I don't think I ever wrote a song. I can write a lot of jokes, but when I try to write lyrics they're the…

— Demetri Martin

I've always found it pretty difficult to write a happy song. Since I was a kid, when I pick up my guitar it's been…

— Aaron Bruno

I've never written jokes. I mean, I'll write things on a piece of paper and riff on them onstage.

— David Cross