Music Quote by Stephen Sondheim Download Open image “I fell into lyric writing because of music. I backed into it.” — Stephen Sondheim ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.3 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Music Writing
A lot of times when I'm performing a song, it tends to take me back to where I was psychologically as the lyric was… — Myles Kennedy Copy Share Image
With lyrics, being a poet gave me a different approach than other people. — Jamila Woods Copy Share Image
When I look at the arc of my career, my focus is on lyricism, right? I own that. — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
Although I was able to study music with teachers, I never studied lyric writing. I read poetry, and I read other lyricists. But they… — Paul Simon Copy Share Image
I got into songwriting because I'm not very good at communicating sometimes, just my true words, so music was always my way of expressing… — LIZ Copy Share Image
In those days, it didn't take much imagination to come up with something that required great lyric development skills. You just thought of an… — Phil Harris Copy Share Image
When I first started making music, I wrote the lyrics first, but now, because the music has got kind of wilder, I've flipped it. — Perfume Genius Copy Share Image
I guess I started writing poetry and stuff and then decided to set it to music. — Johnny Flynn Copy Share Image
When it comes to the lyrics, I write about my own perception of things and use characters for that. — Yasmine Hamdan Copy Share Image
I started to write my own stories, like small novels, and those novels became poems, and after poems, they became lyrics, and song came… — Dawn Richard Copy Share Image
“They all deserve to die. Tell you why, Mrs. Lovett, tell you why. Because in all of the whole human race Mrs Lovett, there are two kinds of men and only two There's the one they put in his proper place And the one with his foot in the other one's face Look at me, Mrs Lovett, look at you.… — Stephen Sondheim Copy Share
It's not so hard to be married, I've done it three or four times. — Stephen Sondheim Copy Share Image
I don't find my life that interesting. The shows, maybe. But not me. — Stephen Sondheim Copy Share Image
“Careful the things you say, Children will listen. Careful the things you do, Children will see. And learn. Children may not obey But children… — Stephen Sondheim Copy Share Image
“Because in all of the whole human race Mrs. Lovett, there are two kinds of men and only two There's the one staying put… — Stephen Sondheim Copy Share Image
I love computers. I love writing on them. I love gadgetry. The thing is: I am a slow reader. So, if I am going… — Stephen Sondheim Copy Share Image
I have inherited my father's sense of humour about myself. It's a lot more pleasant to make fun of yourself than when someone else… — Stephen Sondheim Copy Share Image
I prefer neurotic people. I like to hear rumblings beneath the surface. — Stephen Sondheim Copy Share Image
Musicals are, by nature, theatrical, meaning poetic, meaning having to move the audience's imagination and create a suspension of disbelief, by which I mean… — Stephen Sondheim Copy Share Image
Nowadays, there are sometimes more producers than there are people in the cast, because it takes that much money to put a show on. — Stephen Sondheim Copy Share Image
I feel like I definitely have a real sporty style, more so than a lot of people in G.O.O.D. Music. — Big Sean Copy Share Image
Before I debuted, it was my goal to make my debut, and afterwards, I aimed at winning champion titles on television music shows, and… — Hyuna Copy Share Image
When you step out and do a song in a musical, the easier thing to do is make it funny. But when those transitions… — Kelli O'Hara Copy Share Image
I'm at the edge of the world, Where do I go from here? Do I disappear? Edge of the world, Should I sink or… — Bring Me The Horizon Copy Share Image
I've seen a lot of people come out of Carol City, but I had this distinct vision for Carol City, just me coming out… — Denzel Curry Copy Share Image
When you listen to someone improvise, the notes that are played are only half the story. — Hubert Laws Copy Share Image
I understand that it's the music that keeps me alive... That's my lifeblood. And to give that up for, like, the TV, the cars, the houses - that's not the American dream. That's the booby prize, in the end. Those are the booby prizes. And if you fall for them - if, when you achieve them, you believe that this… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share
“Downloading's the same as what I used to do. I used to tape the charts of the songs I liked [off the radio]. I don't mind it. I hate all these big, silly rock stars who moan. At least they're fuckin' downloading your music, you cunt, and paying attention, know what I mean? You should fuckin' appreciate that, what are… — Liam Gallagher Copy Share
I've been writing songs since I was 10 years old and always had a penchant for rhyming. I started listening to hip hop through… — Hoodie Allen Copy Share Image
Each woman is like an instrument, waiting to be learned, loved, and finely played, to have at last her own true music made. — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
I want people to hear my lyrics and my melodies and say, 'That dude's in pain.' — Ivan Moody Copy Share Image
I make dance music because I love to dance. But I want to think at the same time. — Stromae Copy Share Image
