Language Quote by PJ Harvey

I work on words, mostly, toward them being poetry or short stories, and then some of those become songs. They all find their place…

— P. J. Harvey

I write lyrics based on music, on a musical flow, and what sounds good at the time.

— Mike Patton

I write lyrics. putting words and melodies to my songs. That's a real challenge, I take it on vigorously.

— Gord Downie

I write songs about what I go through.

— Taylor Swift

I'm working on my music a lot, like folk singing, guitar. It's sort of rocky, folky, alty, angsty. I'm putting a lot of energy…

— Jamie Campbell Bower

I work on words quite separately to music. They're both ongoing, and I don't ever feel like I'm working in a cycle in that…

— Anonymous

I started writing songs as character explorations.

— Noah Reid

I can write music but I'm not much for words.

— Jim Diamond

I was an English major in college, so I really liked spoken word and poetry; it was what I did before I wrote music.

— Mat Kearney

I start with the subject matter I want to write about. Then I make a musical base for that and create an atmosphere with…

— Midge Ure

I've really been studying lyrics, printing out lyrics to songs I love and reading them like a letter.

— Jon Pardi

I write songs so that people can make them into what it means to them as well.

— William Beckett