I love Quote by Lauren Mayberry

I think in reading a few sentences of text you can just tell the tone, and that's something I love in prose writers.

— Lauren Mayberry

Lyricists play with words.

— Paul McCartney

I'm certainly not a lyricist first. I prefer doing it intuitively and not really thinking about it so much.

— Daniel Rossen

I've never considered myself a lyricist, but I have stuff to say.

— Brendon Urie

Usually when I write lyrics I try to read a lot and listen to a lot of other stuff. Some of my favourite lyricists…

— Andrew VanWyngarden

As much as I try to grow as a lyricist, I tend to laugh at even calling myself that, because I think that my…

— Zach Condon

I don't think I'm the best lyricist; it's hard for me to express feelings through words.

— Ty Segall

As a writer, as a lyricist, you're just trying to make sure that you're not repeating yourself. And that's a danger for a lot…

— Corey Taylor

Writing lyrics is part spontaneous, intuitive and part really thought through and carefully analyzed as you write it. It's a mixture of two approaches,…

— Ian Anderson

One thing a lyricist must learn is not to fall in love with his own lines. Once you learn that, you can walk away…

— Hal David

What's interesting about songs where the writer is genuinely in love with words is that it's easy to read the lyrics like a poem.

— Ann Reed

I don't really know what inspires me to write the music I do, but usually, the music will set the tone for the lyrics.

— Eddie Van Halen