Arcs Quote by Joan Baez

I get a different kind of lyric from someone else that might make me go in a different musical direction.

— Barry Mann

I don't choose the songs; the songs choose me.

— Jeff Buckley

For me, whenever I choose a song to sing, it's about the lyric first.

— Julie Andrews

I'm much better at fixing or changing a melody to suit me than I would a lyric. But for me, everything is lyric. It…

— Alison Krauss

You'd think, of course, it's about the melody - that's a given. But really, I'm no good at singing a song unless it has…

— Julie Andrews

“You're mine, Lyric.”

— Maya Banks

I just want people to listen to the music and get something from it, whatever it may be. Whether it's a catchy lyric or…

— Kodie Shane

I love to be in control of everything I do and everything around me. So that means, you give me a romantic lyric and…

— Teddy Pendergrass

A lyric has to mean something to me, something that has happened to me.

— Lou Rawls

No matter how many times people try to pick my lyrics apart, nobody will really understand what these songs truly mean to me because…

— Bert McCracken

If it's the right song for me, I'll get on that song. It's not about the individual. It's about the music.

— Nav

“I guess that's the magic of songs. The very best ones, they let you forget that they were written by someone about something that…

— Jasmine Warga