Quotes About Lyrics

I write music to both the situations and the lyrics in plays.

I don't think about Norfolk as I write songs, sadly no! But things like 'High' is a song about watching the dawn come up over the sea, and I've had many of those situations.

The lyrics tend to fascinate people, but for me, when I listen to a record I don't always latch on to the lyrics. I listen to the whole thing and it may be five or six days before I even realize what the song's about.

My skills are musical, not lyrical.

I detest 'love lyrics.' I think one of the causes of bad mental health in the United States is that people have been raised on 'love lyrics.

I can tell it all in song: pathos, gladness, love, joy, unhappiness.

Human beings love poetry. They don't even know it sometimes... whether they're the songs of Bono, or the songs of Justin Bieber... they're listening to poetry.

I love songs that are very autobiographical.

As a lyricist, you love to hear other great lyrics or other great concepts.

I asked what you love, you said, 'Anything with words.'

Country music is about new love and it's about old love.

I do love country music.

Nobody gets married to a clever song, let alone falls in love to one.

First, in a love song, or any song for that matter, using a plastic word like "inhibitions" is just completely without feel or texture. It demonstrates a tin ear for communication.

That's the problem with falling in love. It makes you start talking like a bad country song

I've been writing songs since I was 10 years old and always had a penchant for rhyming. I started listening to hip hop through my friends and fell in love with it.

What I love about lyrics is that they don't have to be very complicated. A good sentence over a great chord with a good melody - all you need is that one moment.

People love fact-based songs, which is a very funny idea.

I'm a really huge John Prine fan; I love his clever conversationalist songs.

I love the show tunes; I love all of them.

I love knowing that people are connecting to my lyrics, my music and me.

I think love resides in all of the songs, even when they are overtly sexual.

What I love about Blink-128 is that we write catchy melodies with dark lyrics.

I love writing songs. I'm a songwriter.