Quotes About Lyrics

We had always put ballads on all of our albums.

Ive always loved the tradition of murder ballads.

Def Leppard is a rock band that can sing.

I was a Barry White fan.

I learned to MC over drum 'n' bass music.

I want people to go deep into my music like Baton Rouge does.

'Rockaway Beach' is a great song, and so is 'Listen to My Heart.'

I grew up singing ballads, but what I really wanted to get into was the mainstream music on the radio because I really love the beats and everything.

I love good beats and good lyrics. I'm pretty open.

Lyrics over some nice beats - that's what the people want from us.

Not anyone can rap to my beats.

I'm a bit of an insomniac. I'm always thinking. I've got a lot of ideas for lyrics and shows. I have a notepad by the side of the bed and voice recorders around the house.

Remind me again what's wrong with Dave Matthews? Basically everything, except technical proficiency, Walter said. Right. But maybe especially the banality of the lyrics. 'Gotta be free, so free, yeah, yeah, yeah. Can't live without my freedom, yeah yeah.' That's pretty much every song.

Instead of singing in the shower, I would write out the lyrics of my favourite songs, the ink would turn the water blue or red or green, and the music would run down my legs.

I'd write Ha ha ha! and instead of singing in the shower I would write out the lyrics of my favorite songs, the ink would turn the water blue or red or green, and the music would run down my legs (..)

And instead of singing in the shower I would write out the lyrics of my favorite songs, the ink would turn the water blue or red or green, and the music would run down my legs.

The booze and lemon pledge Buchanan who choked lyrics, called it singing since guitar strings and vocal cords are made from different kinds of wheat.

'Birugali Yondige' is a pathos song, but it sounds romantic.

I grew up Catholic, so I have these defenses about listening to anything with too much religiosity; some of the lyrics didn't sit well in my mouth. One of my beefs is the patriarchal setup. Having the 'he, he, he, God, God, God, king, king, king' stuff was hard for me.

My middle school years were defined by memorizing every single word off 'License to Ill' and 'Paul's Boutique.'

I don't want to have a song like 'My Humps' and it be sagging down, so I pay attention to that area. A lot.

When I write songs, I like to write lyrics first, and I think that's different from a lot of singer-songwriters. But I heard Sammy Cahn was asked what comes first, the lyrics or the music, and he said, 'The paycheck.'

It seems like if they'd given Bob Dylan a pen and paper in the cradle that he would've come up with a great song. I'd love to write songs like that.

When it comes to the lyrics, I write about my own perception of things and use characters for that.