Lyric Quotes
146 quotes by 129 authors
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Social media is a giant distraction to the ultimate aim, which is honing your craft as a songwriter. There are people who are exceptional at…
— Bryan Adams
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When I'm stuck for a closing to a lyric, I will drag out my last resort: overwhelming illogic.
— David Bowie
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The most astonishing joy is to receive from the muses the gift of a whole lyric.
— James Broughton
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I'm not a pop song lyric writer. I can't just focus on one simple meaning or even a double entendre.
— Julian Casablancas
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All classes of people under social pressure are permeated with a common experience; they are emotionally welded as others cannot be. With them, even ordinary…
— Alain LeRoy Locke
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O lyric Love, half angel and half bird. And all a wonder and a wild desire.
— Robert Browning
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I really do seek to create music that is timeless, ... Each project takes on its own life, and the songs from "A Time To…
— Stevie Wonder
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It happens so quickly it seems like it's coming from somewhere else. It's not It just means that you're in sync with yourself. And whatever…
— Harry Nilsson
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Songwriters I've always been drawn to are people who deal with something of depth in the lyric writing. ...I've always been influenced by the folk…
— Bruce Hornsby
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The author's conviction on this day of New Year is that music begins to atrophy when it departs too far from the dance; that poetry…
— Ezra Pound
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I just said, you know, this is a great track but this lyric, I don't believe it. It sounds like I'm trying to say something,…
— Paul Simon
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My favorite song he ever wrote was 'Cold Cold Heart.' If you think about it, the lyric to 'Cold Cold Heart,' see how many two…
— Don Helms
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For me, a song doesn't really take flight until it has a lyric on it. ...Without a lyric that I'm happy with, it could be…
— Ben Gibbard
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I typically will work on a lyric in a three-ring binder. On the right side, I'll write the lyric, and on the left side, I…
— James Taylor
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CSPS is a breath of musical fresh air. With a whale sized hooks and neck wrenching riffs you’ll have more than you need to fall…
— Brett Hestla
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The video forum for me has been a source of great consternation because once you start projecting a look to a song, it robs the…
— Sheryl Crow
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Lyric writing is an interesting process in Sonic Youth. There's three people writing now, and we've all had a lot of interest and involvement with…
— Thurston Moore
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Maketa Groves has a strong, bright lyric gift. Her poems come out of music and are full of music. They bring us the sounds of…
— Diane di Prima
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I wanted to pack a lot into the lyric, but not go beyond its bounds. Some have written that I wanted to expand what the…
— Jorie Graham
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The ethos and critique are of poetry, which becomes a rich dark with a phosphorescence of lyric as witness.
— Mei-mei Berssenbrugge
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