Amazed Quote by Sharon Jones

I tell the songwriter's story. When I read people's lyrics, I'm so amazed. I want to tell this story and make it part of…

— Sharon Jones

Writing lyrics is part spontaneous, intuitive and part really thought through and carefully analyzed as you write it. It's a mixture of two approaches,…

— Ian Anderson

Music is very nebulous, and you can conjure up a lot of moods with music. But lyrics - they're a lot more tangible. They're…

— Sarah McLachlan

You have to write songs for yourself and not worry about what other people are going to say or think about it. But ultimately…

— Ben Howard

It's always amazing seeing the song-writing process. A song just starts off as just an idea or a story you want to tell. It…

— Manika

It's weird to try to write lyrics for somebody else. They can't really get behind what you're saying or what you want them to…

— Wes Borland

I don't write lyrics. I hear the track and sing in gibberish over it, then I try and fit words into the phrasing and…

— Kelela

I've never invested myself properly in trying to write stories. When I write lyrics, mostly I write each sentence separately on an index card…

— Jason Schwartzman

When I write songs I write for myself...I'm writing it as a form of expression, and hoping to find an audience, an audience that…

— Patti Scialfa

The thrill of writing songs for other people, when you get that right, that person's soul speaks to that song; you've done them a…

— LP

That's what I love about songwriting - that you can write something about your own experiences and think it's completely specific to you, and…

— Idina Menzel