Break Quote by Carey Mercer

I try to write in a way where the lyrics have many meanings and you won't really know what's behind it.

— Taylor Momsen

No matter how many times people try to pick my lyrics apart, nobody will really understand what these songs truly mean to me because…

— Bert McCracken

I also feel like it's the right of the people hearing them to have their own interpretations of what these songs mean. Sometimes people…

— Zooey Deschanel

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

With rock and metal, I think a lot of people connect with the lyrics because they feel like they don't fit in.

— Oliver Sykes

Lyrics have become so dumbed down nowadays. People don't want to have to think about lyrics anymore, they just want to be told something.…

— Nate Ruess

I don't actually like explaining the meanings of my songs, because I think people can take away more from it if they use their…

— Reeve Carney

I always try to leave songs open for people to interpret in their own ways.

— Ryan Bingham

Even at the time, I realised this couldn't be right, that this interpretation didn't fit with the rest of the lyrics. But that wasn't…

— Kazuo Ishiguro

I'm a great believer in letting lyrics just flow out, wherever they come from.

— Quincy Jones

I guess people naturally try to find meaning in music.

— Girl Talk

I long ago learned that you can't expect people to interpret the songs in the way they had meant for you, as the writer.

— PJ Harvey