Creating Quote by Harold Prince

People who don't like musicals like, 'why are they singing? Why aren't they just talking? If you make the lyric feel really conversational, it's…

— Lin-Manuel Miranda

We worked very hard to make the lyrics suit the music. I can't, like Elton John, for example, compose by lyrics. Elton has a…

— Rick Wright

Lyrics are the only thing to do with music that haven't been made easier technically.

— Brian Eno

I firmly believe lyrics have to breathe and give the audience's ear a chance to understand what's going on. Particularly in the theater, where…

— Stephen Sondheim

If you're gonna use simile, analogy, metaphor, be descriptive and have some flowery adjectives and a few odd nouns and some engaging bits of…

— Ian Anderson

To me, the lyrics mean more then the music, and that's the way it should always be.

— Roger Miret

If rock-and-roll is well done, there's nothing so terribly wrong with that kind of music. But the lyrics are another story.

— Kate Smith

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

People often look up to actors. It is not right on their part to do songs whose lyrics are not good. Actors have social…

— Kumar Sanu

Lyrics are no more important than the music. There's no point in forcing them on people.

— Elizabeth Fraser

Of course, no lyrics are ever unintentional, but I think bands like Wolf Parade and the Arcade Fire have a tendency to touch on…

— Dan Bejar

The problem isn’t with rock lyrics, it’s with the fabric of this society itself.

— Jodi Picoult