Agendas Quote by Mick Barr

I'd rather not get into what I'm talking about lyrically. I think it's impossible not to demystify a song when saying what it's about.…

— Trent Reznor

I think it's really hard to make songs that pursue an agenda. You can kind of do it a little bit through a character,…

— David Byrne

I am not a good enough writer to have an agenda or come up with a message and try to put it into a…

— Eddie Vedder

Lyrically, I think I'm frustrated with this whole process of trying to figure out what I believe about the world and life. I don't…

— James Mercer

I don't set out to write a political song. I am not one of those that feels compelled to write about what's going on.

— Stephen Stills

Lyrical content is very important to me. I'm always trying to make sure the lyrics and music complement each other perfectly.

— Matt Smith

A lot of the lyrical ideas do have a lot of meaning in a way, although it is somewhat abstracted.

— Thurston Moore

I think, then, there's the sort of, like, political dimension to lyrics. One of the problems that I've had with my output as a…

— J. Robbins

My lyrical content is all about entertainment.

— Badshah

I'm not so in with the prescriptive avant-garde agenda. I can do that sort of thing, but I feel that I'm still interested enough…

— Scott Walker

I was literally told for 'The Show Goes On' that I shouldn't rap too deep. I shouldn't be too lyrical. It just needs to…

— Lupe Fiasco

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

— Craig Finn