Flow Quote by Mike Patton

I write the lyrics based on what is going on in my life - I'm not going to write about the old hair metal…

— Oliver Sykes

All of my lyrics are based on the one thing that's never failed me, and that's the Word of God.

— Yolanda Adams

'Spring Day' - I wrote main lyrics based on my personal experience with old friends. It is about my sad memories with him, and…

— Suga

My guitar player calls the process of writing lyrics based on another story, "filling up the well" when you can get inspiration from other…

— Lydia Loveless

MCs are authors, and rock musicians who write lyrics are authors, to a degree.

— Aesop Rock

With Bernstein, because we wound up always working music first, it was where I really feel I learned how to write lyrics as a…

— Stephen Schwartz

I don't write lyrics, the lyrics write Thom Yorke

— Thom Yorke

'Chandelier' took, like, four minutes to write the chords, then, like, 12-15 minutes to write the lyrics. Probably 10 or 15 minutes to cut the vocals.

— Sia

Usually when I write lyrics I try to read a lot and listen to a lot of other stuff. Some of my favourite lyricists…

— Andrew VanWyngarden

The weirdest place I have ever written a song is probably in an airport, and I got an idea so fast that I just…

— Taylor Swift

I always say the wrestlers provide the music and the announcers write the lyrics. You have to feel what you're seeing and experiencing to…

— Jim Ross

I write most of my own lyrics for my album and I am helping to produce some of the songs as well.

— Lindsay Lohan