Improvising Quote by St. Lucia

I try not get too self-aware when writing lyrics.

— Win Butler

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 would be too self-conscious if I just thought of writing lyrics for a song. I have to trick myself into doing it.

— Kim Gordon

Sometimes I start with lyrics - rarely - but sometimes I might have an idea for some lyrics that I wanna say. I write…

— Leon Bridges

Sometimes when I'm writing lyrics, it's a very loose train of thought, and wherever that takes me, I let it flow.

— Rob Halford

I find it harder to write the lyrics afterwards because then you're just trying to fit them into something that's already there.

— King Tuff

I've never written lyrics. I get up in front of a microphone, and I just sing what comes to the top of my head.

— Autre Ne Veut

I feel like I'm still learning a lot with writing lyrics. In the beginning, like the first record, I wasn't so aware.

— Yukimi Nagano

I really don't like writing lyrics. It's totally a mandatory thing. It's like homework.

— Max Cavalera

The lyrics are always the last thing I do. I always have a recording of basic tracks and maybe some of the lead work.…

— Tom Scholz

Sometimes, I feel like my lyrics meander a little bit, and our songs are so big I need to write more words than are…

— M. Shadows

Usually, writing lyrics for me is like bleeding drop by drop from the forehead.

— Matt Berninger