Asking questions Quote by Matty Healy

People often reach out and comment on how they relate to my lyrics, which makes me feel very warm inside.

— Benee

I would agree with that. But when I write lyrics, personally I don't care if the person who is listening to it understands what…

— David W. Marsden

People used to talk about my lyrical content and not about my music, and to be honest, I think I have got lazy with…

— Tricky

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

— Yasmine Hamdan

I am used to making people upset and uncomfortable with my lyrical content when it comes to music.

— JPEGMAFIA

Sometimes people mishear my lyrics and think a song's about something it isn't.

— Kate Bush

My style of lyric-writing is very specific and has a lot of details, and I think people react most to that.

— Craig Finn

Basically, no one else gives me any opinions on lyrics. I don't ask for them. If they did, I would listen.

— Stephen Malkmus

When I'm writing, I try to think about what would make a song better before worrying about personal opinions.

— Phoebe Bridgers

I don't spend my time perusing message boards to find out what people think about me or if people think my songs are good…

— Ben Gibbard

I think that too many people think too much about my lyrics. I am more a person who works with the sound of a…

— Mike Patton

When I sit down and try to write lyrics first - I've definitely done that in the past - but most of the time,…

— Ty Segall