Attention Quote by Ryan Ross

I used to personally dread writing lyrics. Because I never really understood how to do it. And for some reason, in this band I'm…

— Leisha Hailey

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

There's lots of bands where somebody will write lyrics and somebody else will sing them. It works for a lot of people, but that…

— Frank Iero

A lot of bands are influenced by other bands, and that informs their songwriting for sure. It definitely informs my songwriting, too. But it's…

— Ty Segall

When it comes to the lyrics, I write about my own perception of things and use characters for that.

— Yasmine Hamdan

My style of lyric-writing is very specific and has a lot of details, and I think people react most to that.

— Craig Finn

Everybody has their own way of hearing songs. My fans are usually pretty on point. Sometimes they go all the way to the bottom…

— Kendrick Lamar

If you write your own lyrics now, and those are the main focus in the EP... people tend to approach it as Americana, which…

— Jade Bird

Sometimes people mishear my lyrics and think a song's about something it isn't.

— Kate Bush

I'm not really into the whole lyrics thing; I just like to make music that people like to listen to.

— Fetty Wap

The lyrics seem to follow the music, and that's usually how I write. I write more about what comes out of my mouth while…

— Gary Louris

I think the whole concept behind lyrics is you better mean what you say, or you should like, become a storyteller. I mean, there's…

— Kirk Hammett