Lyrics Quotes

698 Lyrics quotes by 496 unique authors

When you go through tragedy, you can either let that destroy you and you become bitter and never let it go, or you can let… — Amy Lee
I think that too many people think too much about my lyrics. I am more a person who works with the sound of a word… — Mike Patton
The thing that kills me is all these bands that use huge words in their lyrics, 'I'm swimming in a vortex of apathy.' I'm like,… — Devin Townsend
Hopefully people can look at our band and see that we're a heavy rock band. We're definitely not a metal band, but we're a band… — Adam Rich
I remember the first show I had there were about 3 people, at least there was somebody. The next one was about 30. Then a… — Lady Gaga
I was sick of the way my lyrics had been extrapolated, their meanings subverted into polemics and that I had been anointed as the Big… — Bob Dylan
When you know the lyrics to a tune, you have some kind of insight as to it's composition. If you don't understand what it's about,… — Dexter Gordon
I start with the subject matter I want to write about. Then I make a musical base for that and create an atmosphere with the… — Midge Ure
Blake has always been a favorite, the lyrics, not so much the prophetic books, but I suppose Yeats influenced me more as a young poet,… — Anne Stevenson
There's not much longevity in music today. It's so easy to go in, put some pretentious lyrics on, with people saying the same thing over… — Patti LaBelle
For several centuries what has passed for song in literary circles was any text that looked like the lyrics for a commonplace melodic setting. — David Antin
My lyrics say I have morals, I have confidence, I have weaknesses, I have strong points, that I am a human being. — Kendrick Lamar
The lyrics were my sarcastic way of realizing you can't be the king of the hill all the time. — Hayley Williams
All my lyrics are open to interpretation by the individual and imply many different meanings, therefore their relevance is purely subjective. — Ian Curtis
The lyrics, the strings, the chords, everything comes at the moment like a gift that is put right into your head and that's how I… — Michael Jackson
At 24 I decided that my life is enough for me, and I stopped looking for some other piece to complete it. I also learned… — Taylor Swift
There's Eddie's conviction and his lyrics and his ideals, and he can just rock straight out. His vocals are incredible. And we all are really… — Mike McCready
What is the point of singing wonderful lyrics if the audience can't understand what is being said or heard? — Frank Sinatra
Baby it's you. You're the one I love. You're the one I need. You're the only one I see. — Beyonce Knowles
We human beings are tuned such that we crave great melody and great lyrics. And if somebody writes a great song, it's timeless that we… — Art Garfunkel
I found a sound that people really liked - I found this basic concept and all I did was change the lyrics and the melody… — Buck Owens
I grew up with all kinds of music, but my heart was particularly drawn to Country Music because of the guitar playing, the lyrics and… — Bryan White
I am honored and quite proud that a class is being taught on my sensationalist lyrics, unique style and fashion and leadership role within the… — Lil Kim
I thinks it really interesting how they throw the world music samples in there. I often wonder what it would be like to do something… — Marc Almond
We worked very hard to make the lyrics suit the music. I can't, like Elton John, for example, compose by lyrics. Elton has a great… — Rick Wright

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