Lyrics Quotes

698 Lyrics quotes by 496 unique authors

I can't write from the subconscious actually, because a lot of the time when I co-write with other people, I'm writing for them as opposed… — Unknown Author
What's interesting about songs where the writer is genuinely in love with words is that it's easy to read the lyrics like a poem. — Ann Reed
I want to write songs with complete sentences. I almos have this obsession with short-changing words. I would never be so pretentious to say that… — Ben Gibbard
I'd like to do a song that I wrote today about our government's increasing infringement on our right to privacy, but the lyrics mysteriously disappeared… — Dan Piraro
I have a structured songwriting process. I start with the music and try to come up with musical ideas, then the melody, then the hook,… — John Legend
Songwriters might write cynical, world-wise lyrics and constantly talk about money, but most of us are downright naive when it comes to business. — Willie Nelson
Do I start with the lyrics? No. Quite honestly, it's the opposite. I generally get the melody first - I kinda fiddle around on the… — Iron & Wine
I think love lyrics have contributed to the general aura of bad mental health in America. — Frank Zappa
The best song lyrics seem to me so artful, so brilliant, so warm and humorous, with both passion and wit, that my admiration is matched… — David Lehman
From her gospel-singing mother Cissy Houston, her legendary pop-diva cousin Dionne Warwick, and her Queen of Soul godmother Aretha Franklin, she [Whitney Houston] inherited gifts… — Aberjhani
Rock 'n' roll smells phony and false. It is sung, played and written, for the most part, by cretinous goons. And, by means of its… — Frank Sinatra
Sometimes I do a Dylan song and it seems to fit me so right that I figure maybe I wrote it. Dylan didn’t always do… — Jimi Hendrix
I just kept it real and had the freedom to do what I want. It's not designed for any age group. It's not made for… — Vanilla Ice
I feel there is always room for good music. I want to reach people's soul with my lyrics through whatever vessel God chooses. — Ne-Yo
I think because I was brought up in a Christian home, I was kind of careful not to swear in my lyrics. — Avril Lavigne
I'm not psychic, but my lyrics are. — Courtney Love
Originally I had a block about appearing in a musical. I went to a voice teacher for a while, but that did no good. My… — Rex Harrison
I write music all the time. When I talk about having writer's block, it's more to do with lyrics than anything else — Sarah McLachlan
Lyrics are kind of the whole thing; it's the message. Something might have a beautiful melody but if it's not the truth coming out of… — Alison Krauss
I have Bob Dylan lyrics on my ribs. I'm a diehard Dylan fan, and my dad and I joke that if I ever met him,… — Carly Chaikin
A song is a song. But there are some songs, ah, some songs are the greatest. The Beatles song Yesterday. Listen to the lyrics. — Chuck Berry
Love exciting and new, come aboard, hes expecting you. If you listen to the lyrics its all about Jesus. Its a whole new approach to… — Gavin MacLeod
A lot of people don't listen to the lyrics, really. — Lenny Kravitz
I love the sad songs with their maudlin, self-deprecating, almost funny lyrics. As an Englishman, they make a lot of sense. — Teddy Thompson
It's more like you write what comes to you... You try to reflect the mood of the songs. Take 'Rearviewmirror', we start off with the… — Eddie Vedder

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