Arcs Quote by Gregory Orr

I start with the subject matter I want to write about. Then I make a musical base for that and create an atmosphere with…

— Midge Ure

Fiction and poetry are my first loves, but the really beautiful lyrical essay can do so much that other forms cannot.

— Chris Abani

I've programmed myself musically to come up with love-feeling tracks that are romantic, sexy, but classy, all in one. And that's the challenge. Once…

— R. Kelly

I love the sound of words, the feel of them, the flow of them. I love the challenge of finding just that perfect combination…

— Lauren Willig

I certainly believe you can write a narrative lyric or a lyrical narrative - why not a nyric or a larrative?

— Matthea Harvey

I like to move around in the landscape between poetry and prose, between the lyrical and the narrative.

— Rigoberto Gonzalez

Of the individual poems, some are more lyric and some are more descriptive or narrative. Each poem is fixed in a moment. All those…

— Marilyn Hacker

I always write knowing that people will hear it, but also hoping they'll see it. So a lot of times I make lyrical decisions…

— Boots Riley

I wish I could write lyrical poems, but I just write the way they come.

— Tom Paulin

I write what I see and whatever inspires me. The energy the earth gives me, what's on my mind, or what's in my heart…

— Rick DeJesus

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've never invested myself properly in trying to write stories. When I write lyrics, mostly I write each sentence separately on an index card…

— Jason Schwartzman