Lyrics Quotes

698 Lyrics quotes by 496 unique authors

Usually, writing lyrics for me is like bleeding drop by drop from the forehead. — Matt Berninger
A lot of my lyrics are approximate meaning without me knowing why they sound right. — Matt Berninger
When it comes to lyrics, I just write down a lot of things, and only a very tiny fraction of it, I think, is any… — Matt Berninger
Lyrics are my racket; music is play - the fluff stuff. — Cass McCombs
Waka Flocka Flame, some of his lyrics are, like, common sentences. But just the way he is, and the way he delivers it, makes it… — Kreayshawn
Music - not just the lyrics, but the music itself - expresses confused or illicit passions: rage, lust, envy, frustration, channeling these energies and creating… — Sarah Churchwell
A lot of underground hip-hop will inspire me as far as rhyme patterns - really wordy, intelligent lyrics. — Travie McCoy
My music and my lyrics are essentially emotional postcards. — Sarah McLachlan
I started writing lyrics out of desperation. I was broke and wondering where my next job, my next meal was coming from, although I had… — Sheldon Harnick
While writing, I tend to repeat the same song, endlessly, for thousands of times. This helps me ignore any lyrics, and helps create a consistent… — Chuck Palahniuk
Every time I see a film or TV show, I think about how that composer made those choices and how that director envisioned music and… — Robert Lopez
I write music to both the situations and the lyrics in plays. — Jerome Kern
I love great lyrics, and I love the way it could shape a tune into a very unpredictable one, and I also like taking a… — A. R. Rahman
Sometimes my lyrics may describe a situation that happened to a friend. Other times, I create a story from the ground up. — Bridgit Mendler
I had Madonna parties; I dressed like Madonna, and I had all of her records because we had records back then. I knew all of… — Judy Greer
I get tips from Bob Gaudio. And one of my songs somehow caught the attention of one of my idols, Marty Panzer, who wrote big… — Unknown Author
I want to make an album with just great beats and big vocals and just amazing lyrics. — Tessanne Chin
If the lyrics are something new, then maybe I want to give it a more traditional form, or the other way around, but not have… — Kacey Musgraves
I would be too self-conscious if I just thought of writing lyrics for a song. I have to trick myself into doing it. — Kim Gordon
We singers have a different level of responsibility from other musicians. We have words that we must convey; we have meanings that we must convey… — Jessye Norman
I wanna be able to stand on the stage and hold out the mic and people sing all the lyrics to my song. — Sevyn Streeter
Usually I go to the studio to write lyrics and compose music. I try to be a dad as much as possible at home. — Miyavi
Sondheim is my god; I love the man. I learned a great deal about writing from his work, his lyrics, and his structure. — Richard LaGravenese
I am always getting ideas for song lyrics and keep a notebook handy. Nowadays, I take a laptop with me everywhere, because I have a… — Unknown Author
To go on the road and see people sing my own lyrics back to me is just fantastic. — Dave Gahan

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