Quotes About Lyrics

I create my own lyrics. I have a great band. I have a drummer from East Berlin.

Better Off' is a stone-cold country song.

I'm a real big fan of words.

I'm a big fan of lyrics - lyrics are the thing that move me in certain ways.

I'm a big one for music.

I listen to a lot of Biggie, he's so lyrical.

With 'Ready to Die,' that was some of the most honest rhymes of all-time. There's some real dark material on there that Biggie was going through.

I know all the words to Billy Joel's 'We Didn't Start the Fire.'

I may like the Blizzard best, of all the songs I have written.

I've never had writer's block.

I always try to get back to the original source of the song. It's not always there in the sheet music, which is sometimes just a sketchy blueprint of what the song is about.

'Tailgate Blues' is kind of a lyrical masterpiece of a country song.

Doo-wop was full of blues for me.

I know all the words to 'I'm on a Boat.'

Someone like a Bob Marley - he was singing Scripture.

Bob Marley - yeah, I've always loved his stuff.

I listened to a lot of Bob Dylan songs to see how he works. I've gotten into writing story-songs.

I've always liked acoustic blues. I liked Bob Dylan a lot.

Bob Dylan - I will listen to any of his songs over and over.

I've always loved Bob Dylan.

'Girl In A Country Song' was uptempo, rockin', and such a bold song.

The most entertaining songs don't always come from a nice place. In songs where I think I'm being really sensitive, they seem quite boring actually. I've found that the songs that come out of nastier, more misanthropic places are better.

I know every Bowie song backward.

I felt brave when I sang and could put into lyrics what I couldn't tell anybody else.