Degrees Quote by Hal David

It is a very serious consideration for a lyricist to step in there and suggest the meaning to a song. The music is speaking…

— Al Jarreau

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

— Brendon Urie

I feel like a lyricist is somebody that writes their own lyrics. Now songwriters and lyricists are two totally different things. You can't really…

— Dave East

As a lyricist, you love to hear other great lyrics or other great concepts.

— Alicia Keys

I don't think I'm the best lyricist; it's hard for me to express feelings through words.

— Ty Segall

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

Lyrics have to be underwritten. That's why poets generally make poor lyric writers because the language is too rich. You get drowned in it.

— Stephen Sondheim

I have a fondness for words. On that note, I don't consider my lyrics to be all that great. I like to call myself…

— Anoop Menon

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…

— Dexter Gordon

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

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

— Daniel Rossen

Usually when I write lyrics I try to read a lot and listen to a lot of other stuff. Some of my favourite lyricists…

— Andrew VanWyngarden