Corners Quote by Corey Taylor

I'm certainly not a lyricist first. I prefer doing it intuitively and not really thinking about it so much.

— Daniel Rossen

As much as I try to grow as a lyricist, I tend to laugh at even calling myself that, because I think that my…

— Zach Condon

As a lyricist, I'm really trying to raise my level of quality.

— Nikki Sixx

I feel like I want to write some songs and I don't know how to go about doing it. Usually it's the lyrics that…

— Mike Gordon

I've never considered myself a lyricist, but I have stuff to say.

— Brendon Urie

I'm attracted to lyricists with a unique, sincere and consistent perspective.

— Matthew Koma

The rule of songwriting: say what you want to say, say it again, say it a different way, then say it again.

— Hunter Hayes

I consider myself a lyricist first and foremost, but if you get something else out of what I do, that's fine too. I'm not…

— John Darnielle

You could be the best lyricist or rapper or songwriter, if you ain't mentally prepared to put in the work, it's a waste of…

— Yo Gotti

I often say songwriting is like trying to climb down a ladder at night. You put your foot on the next rung and test…

— Crowder

I think, in reading a few sentences of text, you can just tell the tone, and that's something I love in prose writers but…

— Lauren Mayberry

As an artist, you never want to write the same song again, you always want to challenge yourself to writing in a different way.

— Serj Tankian