Afford Quote by J. Tillman

You know, there's an economy in lyric-writing that doesn't afford you, or at least me - I usually start off with nine or 10…

— J Tillman

Loads of verses don't make it into the finished song.

— Johnny Flynn

In the early days, Porter Wagoner would not exactly scold me, but he's say, 'You're writing too many damn verses. You're makin' these songs…

— Dolly Parton

I had more verses . Owen Bradley said, 'Loretta, there's already been one El Paso and we'll never have another one. Get in that…

— Loretta Lynn

You need a balance at all times. If the verse is a bit messy, you need it to be less messy right after. It…

— Max Martin

When it comes to lyrics, I just write down a lot of things, and only a very tiny fraction of it, I think, is…

— Matt Berninger

I've written probably over 200 songs that have a verse and a chorus and that's it.

— Hunter Parrish

Sometimes when I'm writing a song I'll get carried away with production when I'm only on the first verse, and that sacrifices the songwriting.

— Nina Nesbitt

I don't write lyrics. I hear the track and sing in gibberish over it, then I try and fit words into the phrasing and…

— Kelela

Sometimes I write from the end of the verse to the beginning of the verse.

— Rakim

That's one of the reasons I got into country music: because of the craft of that lyric and how much you could put into…

— Walker Hayes

I tend to write out the first iteration of a lyric here and then go over here and make variations on it, on the…

— James Taylor