Balance Quote by Max Martin

In poetry compromise is fatal. In action of any cooperative sort it is inevitable. The thing is to find the balance.

— May Sarton

You know, there's an economy in lyric-writing that doesn't afford you, or at least me - I usually start off with nine or 10…

— J. Tillman

The powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse.

— Walt Whitman

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

Sometimes when I'm writing a song I'll get carried away with production when I'm only on the first verse, and that sacrifices the songwriting.

— Nina Nesbitt

There are cases where you can say a lot more in a hook than you can by making things more complex in a verse.

— Chance The Rapper

You know, there's an economy in lyric-writing that doesn't afford you, or at least me - I usually start off with nine or 10…

— J Tillman

Loads of verses don't make it into the finished song.

— Johnny Flynn

Sometimes I write from the end of the verse to the beginning of the verse.

— Rakim

“That the powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse.”

— N.H. Kleinbaum

If you've got a verse with a lot of rhythm, you want to pair it with something that doesn't.

— Max Martin

In the early days, Porter Wagoner would not exactly scold me, but he's say, 'You're writing too many damn verses. You're makin' these songs…

— Dolly Parton