Quotes About Lyrics

Lyrically, country music is the most satisfying music for me.

God-dang-it, country music is my heart.

I'm a big fan of country music.

I didn't grow up with country music, but I appreciate the lyrics.

I say funny stuff in my songs sometimes, but it's still all in the seriousness of the music and the craft.

I've had a bit of a crazy life. So writing lyrics in songs is easy for me.

Critics always get the lyrics wrong in reviews, which is amusing - especially when they use them against you.

The Kesha Lyrics to hit song 'Tik Tok' are a cry for help.

Most Billy Joel songs make me want to cry a little.

I'll never be, like, sippy cup country, or write about everything I do around the house.

Anybody can curse on a record.

I don't cuss in songs. It's too easy.

I feel like I want to write some songs and I don't know how to go about doing it. Usually it's the lyrics that are a problem, and I think I am not really cut out to be a lyricist.

I'd rather not get into what I'm talking about lyrically. I think it's impossible not to demystify a song when saying what it's about. Music and art can be damaged severely by too much information; I say that as somebody that has participated in that.

As much my music is dance music, it is also pop.

I like hip-hop, I like a lot of dance music. If it's got drums in it.

I love a great melody and wonderful lyrics that speak from the heart, and my music has that and speaks about it; but there's just something that was really raw and energetic about the early House music. It's hard to describe. It's like you had to go to these parties where the stuff was being played on these huge sound systems to really feel it.

I'm always writing something. There's always some structure sitting around someplace. There's always things on the computer, things scratched on score paper, legal tablets full of lyrics. It's never not buzzing around me all the time. I'm always doing it.

It's likely that taboo words are stored in the right hemisphere of the brain. Massive left hemisphere strokes or the entire surgical removal of the left hemisphere can leave people with no articulate speech other than the ability to swear, spout cliches and song lyrics.

Sean was a lot shyer lyrically in his solo career. I think because his father was such a great lyricist it was hard to tackle that.

I don't have any message in the music. Music will be fine as long as you take care of yourself.

The '60s was a magical time in the music business. So much creativity and talent. I think a lot of it came from the fact that we had grown up before rock n' roll. We listened to all the great songwriters and big bands, songs with great lyrics and melodies. I think that really influenced everybody.

We worked very hard to make the lyrics suit the music. I can't, like Elton John, for example, compose by lyrics. Elton has a great talent for that. Whatever you give him, including your questions, he composes in half an hour and makes a great song out of it.

Bob Dylan has a way with words that simply blows me away. When he forgets his lyrics he just makes up new ones on the spot, that is what I called talented!