Dictating Quote by Trentemøller

I think if you are writing an instrumental you are dealing with more of an aesthetic in a sense but a lyric is more…

— Leo Kottke

I probably listen to more instrumental music than music with lyrics, but at the same time I do love both.

— Flume

I really feel instrumental music can speak - can contain tremendous amounts of information - but it's speaking to your subconscious.

— Glenn Branca

If the lyrics have meaning to it and it gives me a certain emotion, I think that's the most beautiful part about music -…

— Sarah Barthel

If you read about a tree, and there is a description, you have to grow that tree in your mind. So that's an active…

— Ottmar Liebert

It's more my own thing if I do instrumentals, but I also do really love collaborating with vocalists, so it's a good balance.

— Flume

The music, I think, is just as important as the lyrics; it portrays the emotion of the song. I play the kind of music…

— Courtney Barnett

I firmly believe lyrics have to breathe and give the audience's ear a chance to understand what's going on. Particularly in the theater, where…

— Stephen Sondheim

The character of instrumental music... lets the emotions radiate and shine in their own character without presuming to display them as real or imaginary…

— Franz Liszt

“Music blows lyrics up very quickly, and suddenly they become more than art. They become pompous and they become self-conscious ... I firmly believe…

— Stephen Sondheim

Music doesn't have to have lyrics; it doesn't have to be a particular type of music - it has the ability to bring out…

— Tom Scholz

I really feel like I've written my most effective music in the instrumental realms.

— Dickey Betts