Hard Quote by Kurt Elling

I think you can do a lot with lyrics and melody.

— Alison Sudol

I really wanted to work hard on my lyrics.

— Anonymous

We worked very hard to make the lyrics suit the music. I can't, like Elton John, for example, compose by lyrics. Elton has a…

— Rick Wright

I feel if you make the song good enough, structurally and sonically, then you can literally do whatever you want with the lyrics.

— CMAT

The simpler songs are just done when the lyric has been stated; the more complex or band-oriented stuff can go in a million directions.

— Robin Pecknold

There's a certain power in vague language, but I started to get more into the idea of really trying to have a discrete thought…

— David Longstreth

A good idea for lyrics and a melody to expand on.

— Gordon Waller

I find it harder to write the lyrics afterwards because then you're just trying to fit them into something that's already there.

— King Tuff

I've been able to carve my way out with lyrics and melodies.

— Jon Pardi

The lyrics are constructed as empirically as the music. I don't set out to say anything very important.

— Brian Eno

The lyrics seem to follow the music, and that's usually how I write. I write more about what comes out of my mouth while…

— Gary Louris

After all, nothing helps to write lyrics more than to mess around with the language.

— Joshua Homme