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Lyric Quotes by James Fenton
- Lyric poetry is, of course, musical in origin. I do know that what happened to poetry in the twentieth century was that it began to…
- When we study Shakespeare on the page, for academic purposes, we may require all kinds of help. Generally, we read him in modern spelling and…
- What I want, when I write a poem, is no more than this: that it be preserved in some published form so that, in principle,…
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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… — Bryan Adams
- When I'm stuck for a closing to a lyric, I will drag out my last resort: overwhelming illogic. — David Bowie
- The most astonishing joy is to receive from the muses the gift of a whole lyric. — James Broughton
- I'm not a pop song lyric writer. I can't just focus on one simple meaning or even a double entendre. — Julian Casablancas
- All classes of people under social pressure are permeated with a common experience; they are emotionally welded as others cannot be. With… — Alain LeRoy Locke
- O lyric Love, half angel and half bird. And all a wonder and a wild desire. — Robert Browning
- I really do seek to create music that is timeless, ... Each project takes on its own life, and the songs from… — Stevie Wonder
- 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… — Harry Nilsson
- Songwriters I've always been drawn to are people who deal with something of depth in the lyric writing. ...I've always been influenced… — Bruce Hornsby
- The author's conviction on this day of New Year is that music begins to atrophy when it departs too far from the… — Ezra Pound
- I just said, you know, this is a great track but this lyric, I don't believe it. It sounds like I'm trying… — Paul Simon
- My favorite song he ever wrote was 'Cold Cold Heart.' If you think about it, the lyric to 'Cold Cold Heart,' see… — Don Helms