Hard Quote by Natalie Merchant Download Open image “I would say I'd rather dig a ditch, you know, do hard, manual labor than write lyrics.” — Natalie Merchant ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.0 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Hard Labor Manual labor Writing
I really don't like writing lyrics. It's totally a mandatory thing. It's like homework. — Max Cavalera Copy Share Image
I've never had any kind of work ethic. I've never sat down with the intention of writing a song. — Dan Bejar Copy Share Image
Lyrics are the only thing to do with music that haven't been made easier technically. — Brian Eno Copy Share Image
I'm not given the opportunity - nor do I want it - to write my own lyrics. — Tony Kanal Copy Share Image
I find it harder to write the lyrics afterwards because then you're just trying to fit them into something that's already there. — King Tuff Copy Share Image
Lyrics have got to be simple and catchy. A hook is more important than an overall concept or story. — Galcher Lustwerk Copy Share Image
Writing a song is work. You have to go deep in order to mine the material and dig it out. — Timothy B. Schmit Copy Share Image
Usually, writing lyrics for me is like bleeding drop by drop from the forehead. — Matt Berninger Copy Share Image
I have to decide whether I'm just laying down a groove, kind of a bed and canvas for the lyrics and music to live… — Glenn Kotche Copy Share Image
I feel if you make the song good enough, structurally and sonically, then you can literally do whatever you want with the lyrics. — CMAT Copy Share Image
Lyrics came quite easy early on in my career. But I always wanted to push it further and stand out a bit more. We… — Kano Copy Share Image
By calling it a memoir, I meant is as a collection of memories. I thought it was (a more) artful (title) than documentary. — Natalie Merchant Copy Share Image
I don't have a lot of thrilling anecdotes about my career or personal life. All the stuff that is interesting is private and I… — Natalie Merchant Copy Share Image
I feel we all have the obligation, myself. I want to live in a more humane, civilized society, and I feel like the only… — Natalie Merchant Copy Share Image
It's funny, I remember doing the Johnny Carson show, and, uh, I couldn't afford my rent. — Natalie Merchant Copy Share Image
I've found out how overwhelming the media is and the way it drills things into your head, it's almost like a mind control. If… — Natalie Merchant Copy Share Image
I wish I had appreciated my youth - I should have worn tighter clothing when I could have! — Natalie Merchant Copy Share Image
My mother was a single working mother; she started having children very young. There was a tension inside her about who she wanted to… — Natalie Merchant Copy Share Image
I don't think women's prisons are environments for dance routines, and I don't think mass murder is humorous. — Natalie Merchant Copy Share Image
Be true to yourself, and, um, don't worry about some large companies' quarterly profit index. — Natalie Merchant Copy Share Image
I've never sold my publishing. I have 100% control of all of my publishing and that includes everything, every use of my songs. — Natalie Merchant Copy Share Image
For your kindness, I'm in debt to you. For your selflessness, my admiration. — Natalie Merchant Copy Share Image
For they told you life is hard Misery from the start, It's dull, it's slow, it's painful But I tell you life is sweet… — Natalie Merchant Copy Share Image
You'd be surprised how hard it can often be to translate an action into an idea. — Karl Kraus Copy Share Image
It's a hard thing to describe. It's just this sense that you got something to say. — Jonah Lehrer Copy Share Image
I think you can get, as a player, stuck in the mindset of trying too hard to prove yourself. — Trinity Rodman Copy Share Image
America is a democracy and has no Hitler, but I am afraid for her future; there are hard times ahead for the American people,… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
One of the worst things to come out of the Consumer Protection Board's misleading claims is the impression that government resources are to hard… — Matthew Lesko Copy Share Image
In our society we have hard nerds and soft nerds. The hard nerds are the ones who used to have the slide rules at… — Alan Kay Copy Share Image
I think the next 50 years are going to present the human race with challenges that so far exceed the limitations of geopolitical boundaries… — Zachary Quinto Copy Share Image
Don't be afraid of hard work. Nothing worthwhile comes easily. Don't let others discourage you or tell you that you can't do it. In… — Gertrude B. Elion Copy Share Image
High school, going into my junior year, I kind of had the idea I was going to be the starting running back. I was… — Saquon Barkley Copy Share Image
It's very easy to fool yourself that you're working, you know, when you're really not working very hard. I mean, I'm very lazy. So… — Robert Caro Copy Share Image
If I had to speak in front of a Korean audience, I would be hard pressed to sound other than a little girl. — An Na Copy Share Image
It took me 20 years of hard training to get the physique I have today. what you need is what i had - BELIEF… — Branch Warren Copy Share Image
