Chance Quote by Kazuo Ishiguro

A lot of my lyrics are approximate meaning without me knowing why they sound right.

— Matt Berninger

I don't like to get too specific about lyrics. It places limitations on them, and spoils the listeners' interpretation.

— David Gilmour

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

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

— Roger Miret

I just said, you know, this is a great track but this lyric, I don't believe it. It sounds like I'm trying to say…

— Paul Simon

Hearing other peoples' interpretations of your lyrics, to me, is just a total kick in the pants. Half the time, they're better.

— Mike Patton

At times, it could be a bit difficult to understand everything that's being said when just listening, but I wanted the lyrics to be…

— Frank Iero

I long ago learned that you can't expect people to interpret the songs in the way they had meant for you, as the writer.

— PJ Harvey

My lyrics are about same-sex relationships, because that's who I am. It was important to me that I felt comfortable expressing myself.

— Olly Alexander

Words are what make the song. I get a personal vision about what the lyrics are about.

— Julie Andrews

That's the bulk of my lyrical output - being confused and trying to find answers to my confusion.

— Jim James

I always prefer other people's interpretations over my own, so I'm not very quick to make explicit what exactly a song or record is…

— M. Ward