Chorus Quote by Shura

A song doesn't happen as a whole verse; it happens linearly, line by line, almost word by word, phrase by phrase. And if each…

— Robert Hunter

I certainly believe you can write a narrative lyric or a lyrical narrative - why not a nyric or a larrative?

— Matthea Harvey

I think that if you have a strong narrative, if the idea of the song can be boiled down to the basics, it won't…

— Suzanne Vega

The prose as such has to be singing the song the story is telling.

— Leonard Michaels

It's writing songs within the structure of telling a story, so it becomes a platform for diverse songwriting, for a writing process that's broader…

— Alan Menken

I will say this: I've always sort of had maybe an inflated sense of my ability to sequence songs in a narrative flow.

— Rodney Crowell

I've always hated narrative songs. I hate those songs where, basically, it's an unfolding of a story.

— Nick Cave

I just love storytelling. I write music to tell stories. So when I'm done writing a song, I take it and go, 'Okay. How…

— Hayley Kiyoko

I don't really write music in the traditional sense of chorus, verse. It's more experimental sounding. The process comes from an experimentation with noise.

— Bonobo

Sometimes, the better writing comes when the song speaks through me and tells me what the song wants to say.

— Rodney Crowell

When I start writing, I'll have a vague concept or I'll just have a title, and the song just goes on its own direction.…

— Juliana Hatfield

Sustaining a narrative in sentences and paragraphs is very different from songwriting. But the dedication to the craft and just the endurance that it…

— Rodney Crowell