Couches Quote by Cody Johnson

There's lots of bands where somebody will write lyrics and somebody else will sing them. It works for a lot of people, but that…

— Frank Iero

When there are no lyrics, people can picture what they want. It's a reflection of where they are in their lives. Music becomes a…

— Hiromi Uehara

A lot of people talk to me about writing lyrics and it is obvious they are really paying attention to the fact that ours…

— Ryan Ross

Big, evocative words get thrown around, and people can sing along to passionately as if the lyrics just materialized out of the ether, largely…

— Dan Bejar

The point about melody and beat and lyric is that they exist to engage you in a very particular way. They want to occupy…

— Brian Eno

People make songs so that somebody else will hear them and want to do them. I guess it's an indication that the songs aren't…

— Tom Waits

The writing process for us is different with every song. Sometimes they come from our lives, or someone else we know may be going…

— Matthew Ramsey

I don't really premeditate what I write my songs about; you know, they just kind of happen, and I can't start writing songs to…

— Conor Oberst

When writing songs, especially if they're kinda semi-true to you, a lot of people hide behind whatever their idea of themselves is in the…

— El-P

I think as someone who releases music to the world, not knowing how they're gonna take it, I think there's really not much I…

— Benson Boone

The thrill of writing songs for other people, when you get that right, that person's soul speaks to that song; you've done them a…

— LP

When you're writing a song with someone, it's a very personal process. The music has to be an organic experience, it can't be contrived,…

— Jarryd James