Come up Quote by Victoria Legrand

Sometimes it's liberating to confront horrible things in lyrics as a way to master the shadow-self that exists in everyone.

— Jeff Tweedy

I'm not afraid to go out on a limb, style-wise or with lyrics. I don't ever want to be afraid to cut those types…

— Lee Ann Womack

“Your lyrics lack subtlety! You can't just have your characters announce how they feel! That makes me feel angry!”

— Matt Groening

I've gotten to a point where I don't want lyrics to mean anything.

— Mary Timony

“When your head is about to explode, you shouldn't dare call in a psychiatrist because you're about bringing new ideas to world that will…

— Michael Bassey Johnson

Yes, basically, like you said, I'll work out a chord pattern and work out the lyrics over that.

— Roger McGuinn

I wanted people to connect with the lyrics, even if it's in some weird way, because they're all personal.

— George Clarke

I don't have trouble being brutally honest with my lyrics.

— Griff

I get a different kind of lyric from someone else that might make me go in a different musical direction.

— Barry Mann

I have this theory, bands with enigmatic lyrics attract crazies.

— Michael Azerrad

It'd be tricky to read into my lyrics - some are autobiographical, but sometimes I just like the sound of words.

— Max Tundra

I tend to employ braided narrative threads in the lyric, so often echoes (of phrases or images) will occur and will hit my ear…

— Anna Journey