Lyrics Quotes

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If I look at my old lyrics, they seem to be full of rage, but empty. There was an emptiness in my life. — Billie Joe Armstrong
I write my lyrics into the computer and I hum my music into the dictaphone. — Sebastian Bach
I didn't really start writing music or lyrics or turning them into songs until I went to San Francisco. — Jello Biafra
Sometimes when I write lyrics there are images in them, usually on a quite simplistic level, like colors. But most often music comes first and… — Bjork
I write hate lyrics really well. It's not every day you can use them, really. — Nick Cave
Some things remain fragments, just the lyrics and melodies or a line or two or a verse. — Tracy Chapman
I never really liked poetry readings; I liked to read poetry by myself, but I liked singing, chanting my lyrics to this jazz group. — Leonard Cohen
Where words fail, music speaks. — Hans Christian Andersen
In writing lyrics - well, for me, anyway - it's about getting into character, you know? 'Who is writing this?' In the case of the… — Ian Anderson
And I think as long as a song has beautiful lyrics, I'm so happy. — Julie Andrews
"The more I live, the more I learn The more I learn, the more I realize, the less I know" — Michel Legrand
...We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated. That sounds goody two-shoes, I know, but I believe that a diamond is the… — Maya Angelou
Did you write the words, or the lyrics? — Bruce Forsyth
When you're happy you enjoy the music, but when you're sad you understand the lyrics. — Frank Ocean
I detest 'love lyrics.' I think one of the causes of bad mental health in the United States is that people have been raised on… — Frank Zappa
It turned out so well because it was the first album that I could identify with in terms of lyrics. ("Captain Fantastic") It was passionate...I… — Elton John
Sometimes my boyfriend would write the lyrics and I would write the melody, and other times I would start from scratch. Or sometimes I would… — Carly Simon
The essence of my lyrics is the desire for peace and harmony. That's all anyone has ever wanted. How could it become outdated?...We are trying… — Robert Plant
I never sit down to write. When I'm moved, I do it. I just wait for it to come. You just hear it. I can't… — Lenny Kravitz
I've just really been into melody and lyrics and songwriting. Writing a rap, to me, is easy. I could write a rap like that. But… — Kid Rock

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