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Quotes About Lyrics

Songs are more powerful than books.
~ Elvis Costello
To all companies please stop using Xmas songs and inserting your own lyrics. Write your own music. I am boycotting you until you stop.
~ Bill Engvall
Troubadours travelled from town to town. They didn't really sing too good, which is the main reason they kept going.
~ Art Linkletter
Music at its essence is what gives us memories.
~ Stevie Wonder
Obviously, the music and lyrics are in me, but if I let myself get in my own way, I do. I empty out and let it come, and then the music spirits take over.
~ Joan Jett
I've grown up a lot, I've experienced a lot, I'm in love, I'm super happy with who I am and comfortable in my own skin and that's definitely gonna be portrayed in the music and in the lyrics.
~ Jordin Sparks
The whole history of pop music had rested on the first person singular, with occasional intrusions of the second person singular.
~ Brian Eno
The way I choose to show my feelings is through my songs.
~ Marianne Faithfull
When there are no lyrics there are many parts of the imagination that can fill in the meanings of the music, so I strongly believe that it can be more powerful at times.
~ Tom DeLonge
But otherwise, music is about a beat and a message.
~ Casey Kasem
Nothing is capable of being well set to music that is not nonsense.
~ Joseph Addison
I feel like people, when it comes to music, whatever genre, they relate to the story more than just the song.
~ Chamillionaire
I'm saddest when I sing.
~ Thomas Haynes Bayly
I usually have a song in my head. I'm thinking music, I'm thinking lyrics. Music helps me get to those moments. The moments between the moments.
~ Charlie Sheen
I was listening to all those lyrics and trying to take in everything that was happening. I was completely excited. It was one of the greatest times that I had listening to music.
~ Jay McShann
One of the things that I think is such a constant in country music is that the song is so much a story. I believe it is supposed to be based around a story.
~ Suzy Bogguss
Country music has always been the best shrink that 15 bucks can buy.
~ Dierks Bentley
Music is also one of the great heart openers. Sometimes, you hear the lyrics of a song and you dance, laugh, smile, or perhaps even cry.
~ Michael Franti
I've stayed true to my music and I sing heartfelt songs with a message.
~ Donell Jones
What I really miss these days in music - is the music. I prefer to listen to melodies and songs, not just sounds.
~ Dave Grohl
To sing is to bring to life; impossible if the words are mediocre, however good the music.
~ Edith Piaf
They say music can alter moods and talk to you.
~ Eminem
We have no filter for music, but we feel it when what's being spoken and sung is telling a story and evidencing a character.
~ Marc E. Platt
I think pop music has done more for oral intercourse than anything else that has ever happened, and vice versa.
~ Frank Zappa