Lyrics Quote by Mark Foster

Torch songs are confessions. They are an expression of feeling that cannot be concealed or contained or minimized. They are marked by anguish, yes,…

— Melissa Febos

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

— David Gilmour

Most of the time, the lyrics are kind of like my secret messages to my friends or my boyfriend or my mom or my…

— Imogen Heap

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

— Brian Eno

Every single song on 'Torches' was a little self-contained pop song, so there wasn't any fat on the songs; there wasn't a lot to…

— Mark Foster

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

Of course, no lyrics are ever unintentional, but I think bands like Wolf Parade and the Arcade Fire have a tendency to touch on…

— Dan Bejar

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

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

— Roger Miret

Lyrics are no more important than the music. There's no point in forcing them on people.

— Elizabeth Fraser

People get so upset about lyrics, and they're probably totally cool with horror movies. That doesn't really make sense.

— Chris Reifert

I do think my lyrics have gotten... not necessarily more poetic, but more open to interpretation; they're less literal.

— Lindsey Buckingham