Lyrics Quote by Paul McCartney

I come from an era where lyrics were full of imagery and metaphor, and that's all I know. I think people miss that.

— Dawn Richard

People assume that the meaning of a song is vested in the lyrics. To me, that has never been the case. There are very…

— Brian Eno

Lyrics have become so dumbed down nowadays. People don't want to have to think about lyrics anymore, they just want to be told something.…

— Nate Ruess

I grew up in the '90s and remember the lyrics back then were so abstract and open to interpretation. That always drove me crazy.

— Jens Lekman

Each song had a different way of coming about. In some, the music was written first while others it was the lyrics. We didn't…

— Elena Tonra

On the whole, it bums me out that lyrics seem to be written as afterthoughts nowadays. Not sure why this is, but hopefully things…

— Wooden Wand

Sometimes, to be honest with you, our lyrics were written a day before the vocal had to be done.

— Steve Porcaro

People tend to put too much focus on the lyrics. It's not the be-all and end-all of our songs.

— Elizabeth Fraser

For several centuries what has passed for song in literary circles was any text that looked like the lyrics for a commonplace melodic setting.

— David Antin

The lyrics came out of necessity. When we started writing the record, we started in a more fusion environment and that got boring really…

— Jimmy Chamberlin

I don't like to get too specific about lyrics. It places limitations on them, and spoils the listeners' interpretation.

— David Gilmour

That's what we grew up with - the good songs, the good lyrics, the good big-band stuff. I miss that era.

— Glen Campbell