Lyrics Quote by Smokey Robinson

A lyric has to mean something to me, something that has happened to me.

— Lou Rawls

Sometimes my lyrics may describe a situation that happened to a friend. Other times, I create a story from the ground up.

— Bridgit Mendler

Sometimes a song indicates that it wants to be about a certain thing. And then if you write it, you find that it is…

— Jesse Harris

It's true that I can write a song and not really be sure what the meaning of it is.

— James Taylor

Every song means something. Every song tells one of our stories, or a story together.

— Maddie Marlow

The great thing about a song is that no one has to know your story. But if you tell it in a way that…

— Amy Grant

I wanted to write some lyrics that had some meaning to them, lyrics that were meaningful to me and hopefully people can take something…

— Adam Rich

“I never sit and fill a journal with lyrics. Most of the time I'm trying to write a feeling, not a story. I'm not…

— Matt Berninger

You'd think, of course, it's about the melody - that's a given. But really, I'm no good at singing a song unless it has…

— Julie Andrews

Songwriters can’t explain. You get an idea and you don’t know where it’s come from. And if you’re lucky, you have a pencil or…

— Pete Seeger

For people who write songs, it's a gift you're given. You become good at the craft, but you're given the gift.

— Chris Martin

Sometimes when you listen to the lyrics of a song it feels like they were written just for you.

— James Merrow