Kind Quote by Syd Barrett

To me, the lyrics mean more then the music, and that's the way it should always be.

— Roger Miret

I think if you can affect somebody's life with one song, that's such a powerful tool to reach millions of people on so many…

— Chord Overstreet

Maybe 80 percent of what we conceive to be a song idea or the meaning of a song is not exactly what the artist…

— Matt Corby

A good song to one person could just be something mediocre to somebody else. It's always strange thinking about how songs connect with people.

— Lauren Mayberry

So if somebody writes a song that appears to have some meaning then everybody thinks that it's a really heavy song.

— Elliott Smith

I really don't know what exactly all the songs mean. Sometimes other people have meanings and when I hear them I think, 'That's really…

— Paul Simon

Because the beauty of songs, I think, is if you do it right a lot of people can relate to it in their own…

— Amanda Shires

I just imagine that every song in and of itself is great, but when you add them all up, it's too much of me…

— Stephen Malkmus

I think things can have more than one meaning and still connect with people. There's a lot of meaning to the title 'Music For…

— Jon Crosby

Sometimes it's nice to have a song that can be taken more then one way, so it can be interpreted differently.

— Geddy Lee

I think in some ways, it can do a listener a disservice to explain a song. I think I'd rather leave a little room…

— St. Vincent

The myriad of ways that a song can be interpreted is astounding to me, and it's part of the allure of writing.

— LP