Lyrics Quote by Rajesh Roshan

Some songs depend heavily on the character, but, for the most part, a great song begs for reinterpretation every time it is sung, even…

— Kelli O'Hara

You work very hard on the lyrics. Getting them to fit the contours of improvised melodies.

— Kurt Elling

With someone like Charlie Mingus, there is a counterweight between melody and raucousness. He is still very melodic even though is tearing apart the…

— Melody Gardot

Melodies are just honest. They can only be what they are. Words have the capacity for deception. Theyre all full of subtext, and some…

— Andrew Bird

Some people think a song without words isn't a real song. Tell that to Beethoven and he'll kick your ass!

— Eddie Van Halen

Words are more powerful than some noises. Noises won't last long. Lyrics are so important, and people don't realise that.

— Billie Eilish

Hunter can write a melody and stuff like that, but his forte is lyrics. He can write a serviceable melody to hang his lyrics…

— Jerry Garcia

A lot of rap songs don't usually have a lot of melody per se.

— Al Yankovic

Alan Menken is so gifted in terms of coming up with these great melodies. What I learned from working with him was how to…

— Stephen Schwartz

When you make a melody that doesn't come with words from the get-go, sometimes you're just thinking about random vowel sounds that go with…

— David Longstreth

Quite often, lyrics get misunderstood - and I never mind that. I guess what all artists want is for their work to touch someone…

— Kate Bush

Lyrics can't do what they do - or should do - when you're creating a musical with rock lyrics. There's plenty of room for…

— Harold Prince