Got Quote by Max Martin

If there's a track that's rhyme friendly, the verse will basically write itself. If the track is less rhyme friendly, you have to put…

— Black Thought

When poetry separates from song, then the words have to carry all the rhythm themselves; they have to do all the work. They can't…

— Edward Hirsch

In poetry, rhythm is a priority above everything else.

— Kim Hyesoon

Don't be married to a line or verse if it can't rhyme, fit the meter, or doesn't fit the outline.

— Margaret Atwood

My idea is to play with the people who you know want to get it right. Then it's fun and easy to record, and…

— Ben Folds

When you're dealing with a constant rhythm, no matter how great your lyrics are, if you don't switch it up, people's heads are going…

— Lin-Manuel Miranda

Rhythm is something you either have or don't have, but when you have it, you have it all over.

— Elvis Presley

I rely heavily on rhythm when I write. You should tap your foot when you read it, all the way through.

— Per Petterson

Sometimes I'll rhyme on the joint and take my verse off it, like 'Nah, it didn't work.' I do that a lot to keep…

— The Alchemist

A song doesn't happen as a whole verse; it happens linearly, line by line, almost word by word, phrase by phrase. And if each…

— Robert Hunter

Like a poem poorly written we are verses out of rhythm, couplets out of rhyme in syncopated time.

— Simon And Garfunkel

I've forgotten lines all the time. Sometimes I switch verses in a song. It's just hard not to when you're doing the same thing…

— Josh Young