Lyrics Quotes

698 Lyrics quotes by 496 unique authors

My lyrics are a big pile of contradictions, — Kurt Cobain
In Korean, my lyrics are witty and have twists. But translated into English, it doesn't come over. I've tried writing in English, just for me,… — Unknown Author
The fact that I'm shouting that I have Gangnam style makes people crack up. Imagine if Brad Pitt was singing the song - would it… — Unknown Author
Well, I don't care for Paul Ryan's sound or his lyrics. He can like whatever bands he wants, but his guiding vision of shifting revenue… — Tom Morello
From a very young age, music was very much in my house. I would sit with my mom, with the old LPs, listening to The… — Lara Pulver
The first thing that inspires any song is a chord progression. When I have one I really like, I get into the lyrics even more. — Black Francis
I've gotten to a point where I don't want lyrics to mean anything. — Mary Timony
Sometimes an idea from six years ago will come to me out of the blue. And maybe I haven't even seen the lyrics I wrote… — Ryan Adams
I think, then, there's the sort of, like, political dimension to lyrics. One of the problems that I've had with my output as a lyric… — J. Robbins
There is a great temptation with songs, melodies and lyrics to overcomplicate them but in fact, you find that the most enduring melodies are often… — Ken Hensley
Listen to the lyrics - we're singing about everyday life: rich people trying to keep money, poor people tying to get it, and everyone having… — Buddy Guy
I feel like I'm still learning a lot with writing lyrics. In the beginning, like the first record, I wasn't so aware. — Yukimi Nagano
With this record [The Colour and the Shape], I started taking the lyrics more seriously. This is a very personal album. — Dave Grohl
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
When you'd buy vinyl, you'd have this lovely-sized object with a lovely picture, and you'd read the lyrics and usually there was something artistic that… — Kate Bush
Doors music is not a simple kind of music. It's like the Bauhaus. It's clean and pure. Morrison's lyrics are psychologically deep. So for people… — Ray Manzarek
Todd and Tim [Tobias] write the music, and I come up with the melodies and lyrics. I call it the Ohio Rock Factory. Tim and… — Robert Pollard
What I envy about musicians is, they have this more direct relationship with the audience. They don't have to go through words. Sure, the lyrics… — Jeff VanderMeer
There's a lot of different ways that a song would be a challenge to parody. There are a lot of songs that would ostensibly be… — Al Yankovic
Hunter can write a melody and stuff like that, but his forte is lyrics. He can write a serviceable melody to hang his lyrics on,… — Jerry Garcia
I write the music because I can't really write lyrics. But I can write chords like Robin's never heard of. So I provide the music… — Maurice Gibb
There's no magic for getting into the groove... just banging away at it. Sometimes the lyrics come first, sometimes the music. — Phil Collins
If you can say the lyrics almost like a poem and they stand up, that's a great thing. Some songs have great lyrics and I… — Harry Connick, Jr.
You won't talk to anybody who breaks lyrics down more thoroughly. It's just a complete deconstruction, and when you start to rebuild, nobody has the… — Harry Connick, Jr.
I'm not crazy about country-western music. But the lyrics are good. — Alice Cooper

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