Quotes About Lyrics

I like any song that can tell a story that people can relate to.

Country music is so related to gospel. It seems I could go down that road pretty easily.

I really love rap music. I grew up in the '80s and '90s with Public Enemy, N.W.A., LL Cool J - I'm a hip-hop encyclopedia. But I got kind of frustrated with the chauvinistic side of rap music, the one that makes it hard to write songs about love and relationships.

I like songs that you can have both the physical release and an emotional release.

I can't bring myself to release an instrumental album because I feel like I want some meat on the bone. Something to chew on, lyrically and content-wise.

A lot of my fans are young and hip and enjoy my pop album and know the lyrics to those songs as well, which is a real compliment to me.

I love hip-hop, and everybody knows that.

Hip-hop for me has always been hardcore and edgy.

Out of all the R&B artists that have come out, I think my name has been used most in hip-hop songs.

I love hip-hop, and I like the beats the most.

Every generation wants that real hip-hop. And I've always been able to bring that.

I always say that I'm a hip-hop fan, and I'm definitely a Drake fan.

I come from a traditional hip-hop background.

I love hip-hop.

I like hip-hop music.

I admire John Prine and his way with words.

I make hits.

All my hits in Punjab and Haryana are about heartbreak.

I always make hardcore songs, hits for the block.

If you look at the big rock hits I've had - 'High on Emotion,' for example - the songs I write have to have a real meaning. There has to be depth.

I really don't like writing lyrics. It's totally a mandatory thing. It's like homework.

There's an honesty in our lyrics, and that will never change.

If you listen to most songs, most people will not sing the words of the lead singer. They will sing the hook. The hook is what makes the record sell.

I write all my hooks.