Embarrassed Quote by Justin Hayward

I try not get too self-aware when writing lyrics.

— Win Butler

For some reason I can articulate my feelings better in song. I wish it would come out better in regular life too though. The…

— Brett Dennen

A lot of times when I'm performing a song, it tends to take me back to where I was psychologically as the lyric was…

— Myles Kennedy

Sometimes I'll listen to a lyric and I'll be so pissed off that I didn't write it.

— King Krule

I get to express myself in my songs more than I can ever do in real life or in talking to somebody. I get…

— Max Cavalera

It bugs me that people think my songs are personal because it means I have to explain myself all the time.

— Ray LaMontagne

I tend to get a little quirkier and crazier with my lyrics and come from a different angle when I'm writing for myself.

— Bonnie McKee

If you pretend to be somebody that you're not when you write songs - and I did that on some of the early Styx…

— Dennis DeYoung

I realized in the early days I just didn't edit at all. But I think you become a little more cagey with your lyrics…

— Eddie Vedder

A lot of times when I'm writing lyrics, I just think about insecurities that I might have and turn them into a scene. Some…

— Nate Ruess

I am used to making people upset and uncomfortable with my lyrical content when it comes to music.

— JPEGMAFIA

I can always tell how stupid someone is by how certain they are about what they're saying.

— Demetri Martin