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In my opinion, lyrics are a paramount factor and will always be.

— Amaal Mallik

Lyrical content is very important to me. I'm always trying to make sure the lyrics and music complement each other perfectly.

— Matt Smith

A lot of the lyrical ideas do have a lot of meaning in a way, although it is somewhat abstracted.

— Thurston Moore

A lot of people talk to me about writing lyrics and it is obvious they are really paying attention to the fact that ours…

— Ryan Ross

On the whole, it bums me out that lyrics seem to be written as afterthoughts nowadays. Not sure why this is, but hopefully things…

— Wooden Wand

When I make my socially conscious songs, I go hard with the lyrical content; I go hard with the imagery.

— Raheem DeVaughn

So much of listening to lyrically driven music is projecting your own feelings and experiences into the music.

— Conor Oberst

I don't hate any sort of music but I just think that the lyricism needs to be in the forefront.

— Joell Ortiz

If you write your own lyrics now, and those are the main focus in the EP... people tend to approach it as Americana, which…

— Jade Bird

I'm proud of the lyrics because I take a lot of care in writing them. I try to make it so people will want…

— Andrew VanWyngarden

I was literally told for 'The Show Goes On' that I shouldn't rap too deep. I shouldn't be too lyrical. It just needs to…

— Lupe Fiasco

I feel like people mislead themselves when they tell themselves they're into me because of the lyrics. From my vantage point, people aren't into…

— Talib Kweli