Lyrics Quotes

698 Lyrics quotes by 496 unique authors

When I drive to work, I listen to thuggish rap at a very loud volume, even though the lyrics are degrading to women and offend… — Roxane Gay
I have dyslexia, and I never did learn to read music, and I even had a problem in reading because everything was turned upside down,… — Andrae Crouch
Every writer writes in different ways, and so some write the music first, while others write the lyrics first, and some write while they are… — Valerie June
When you have four people writing lyrics instead of one person, the lyrics are going to be a little more broad. — Brendon Urie
Having a very serious thematic element in the lyrics and then juxtaposing with something really triumphant and just a big beat to dance to is… — Brendon Urie
When I was 3 or 4, I seemed to be bursting with music. They played Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie, Frank Sinatra in the house, so… — Dan Hill
My stuff was more of a folk coffeehouse thing, with more acoustic guitar, just me doing a single, and then adding on instruments and voices,… — Dan Hicks
I think there are some songwriters who are just brilliant who can write and then I think there are some songwriters who can like me… — Charles King
So one can say that I write all the time, that goes for the lyrics as well. — Billy Sherwood
I wrote the tunes and sang only nonsense words. Then came Moore and dressed them with the lyrics. — Rick Wright
But then you have to write a song, so at that point, I picked up the reins and started to write lyrics. — Jim Capaldi
And also, I think Japan places great value on the lyrics. — Utada Hikaru
But I always loved songs with great lyrics. — Johnny Rivers
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
I grew up with all kinds ofmusic, but my heart was particularly drawn to Country Music because of the guitar playing, the lyrics and of… — Bryan White
When rock came along the lyrics and melodies became less important and it bothered me to think that perhaps they might not regain the value… — Dinah Shore
Lyrics are really important for me. — Gavin Rossdale
We all write the music, and then Mark and Tom write the lyrics. — Travis Barker
We started very slow in America. It was small acoustic shows. We played places like Los Angeles, New York and Chicago and everywhere there has… — Emeli Sande
To me, the lyrics of the song define the kind of style it is. — Elizabeth McGovern
Some people start with the lyrics first because they know what they want to talk about and they just write a whole bunch of lyrical… — John Legend
A lot of my fans are young and hip and enjoy my pop album and know the lyrics to those songs as well, which is… — Idina Menzel
When a song came on the radio that I wanted to learn, my mother would quickly write down the lyrics for me. Soon after, I… — Kiran Ahluwalia
I never edit the songs that come out. And they tend to come out as a whole. The closest thing I have ever done to… — Laura Marling
I grew up listening to Jay-Z, and I think the first time I really became obsessed with learning and thinking about lyrics was when I… — Ezra Koenig

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