Always Quote by King Diamond

Music is my life, the lyrics are my story!

— Benjamen Kalone

Sometimes I'll have an idea for a story or have a subject, and that will inspire lyrics, but most of the time, hopefully, they…

— Beck

I like to make people dream and think and imagine and learn and study. Nowadays, music is so literal - it's telling you, "This…

— Dawn Angelique

I start with the subject matter I want to write about. Then I make a musical base for that and create an atmosphere with…

— Midge Ure

Finally I started really opening up as a songwriter and an interpreter and taking songs from all kind of genres and stripping them down…

— Lizz Wright

I'm putting out music that I love, and they're basically just stories of my life and how I try and teach myself to think…

— Alice Merton

When it comes to the lyrics, I write about my own perception of things and use characters for that.

— Yasmine Hamdan

My songs are based on life.

— Melody Gardot

I like to write music that I feel like I would listen to. It's like my interpretation of what I want to hear.

— Takudzwa Victoria Rosa Maidza

The music I play and write is all reflective of myself and the experiences in my life. I feel like my whole journey is…

— Elle King

As I experience life, my music is gonna evolve. At the same time, I still do tell the stories from my world because there…

— Roddy Ricch

Lyrically I like to use themes that make the listener use his or her imagination, and to give a little of the lessons I've…

— Ronnie James Dio