Abstract Quote by Girl Talk

I think you can do a lot with lyrics and melody.

— Alison Sudol

There are people who can sit down and write a song about any given subject, and they can do it really, really well.

— Glen Hansard

I would be too self-conscious if I just thought of writing lyrics for a song. I have to trick myself into doing it.

— Kim Gordon

It's weird to try to write lyrics for somebody else. They can't really get behind what you're saying or what you want them to…

— Wes Borland

If you aren't already a songwriter, try it. When you can say what you want to say, in your own words, it's incredibly easy…

— Chris Young

Some people can sit down and write a song, but they can't go on stage like I can. I tell the songwriter's story. When…

— Sharon Jones

Sometimes I'll have an idea for a story or have a subject, and that will inspire lyrics, but most of the time, hopefully, they…

— Beck

I like to write in fairly everyday language - I've always tried to write lyrics that, if people would speak the words, it wouldn't…

— Tim Rice

I just try to write songs that people are going to have a dialogue about.

— Beyonce Knowles

Writing lyrics is part spontaneous, intuitive and part really thought through and carefully analyzed as you write it. It's a mixture of two approaches,…

— Ian Anderson

I want to write music that's going to appeal to everyone.

— Victoria Justice

I'd like to write some songs that are so good that nobody understands them. Not even myself.

— Townes Van Zandt