Always Quote by Jessie Reyez

It is not difficult to write in Spanish; the Spanish language is a gift from the gods which we Spaniards take for granted. I…

— Camilo Jose Cela

Spanish and English have such different music, and in my own poetry I feel much less drawn to fluid sounds than I do toward…

— Joan Larkin

Lyrical poetry is not a big part of most people's lives. Twitter now becomes an interesting way of getting cared for language into people's…

— Teju Cole

It is no longer possible for lyric poetry to express the immensity of our experience. Life has grown too cumbersome, too complicated. We have…

— Boris Pasternak

Modern poetry, for me, began not in English at all but in Spanish, in the poems of Lorca.

— Anonymous

Writing in English was a major challenge. I didn't want other songwriters to write for me. I wanted to preserve the spirit of my…

— Shakira

I've always loved to sing in Spanish. To me, it's just my culture. It's what I am; I'm Latina.

— Paula DeAnda

Lyric helps invoke the core person. And, without lyric, it is difficult to touch the core. Lyrical music is the music of India.

— Dayananda Saraswati

The power of music in Spanish is so strong, that I couldn't stay away from it any longer.

— Enrique Iglesias

Spanish is a poetic language, in particular the Spanish of Mexico which has a wonderful animistic attitude you might not see in the Spanish…

— Sandra Cisneros

I think in general I've never dared compose in Spanish. First of all, it is such an intricate language.

— Marc Anthony

I think if you are writing an instrumental you are dealing with more of an aesthetic in a sense but a lyric is more…

— Leo Kottke