Quotes About Lyrics

I love bummer songs.

Hindi film songs lack poetry, and even musically, they aren't appealing at times. Their lyrical qualities aren't strong. I sometimes feel that singers aren't singing, but shouting out loud. Where's the melody?

There are many songs that have become popular and people sing along with it without knowing the meaning of its lyrics.

There are some songs where I'll have had the music for 20 years and then finally the lyric will come through. That's not common but it does happen. Then there are other songs that come really quickly.

I like songs that are simple.

Songs are easy to remember because they have rhythm and music.

I don't think writing open-ended lyrics is necessarily an important part of writing good pop songs.

When I learning to write songs, I never really was interested in the chorus.

In India, romantic and sad songs will never die.

I'm a songwriter; it's in my nature to express things openly.

The hack songwriter will write the absolute truth every single word, whether it makes a great song or not.

Just knowing how to rap doesn't necessarily mean that you're a good songwriter.

I definitely consider myself a songwriter first because that's my best attribute.

I'm a songwriter. Everything affects me.

First and foremost, I consider myself a songwriter.

And my favourite new songwriter is Joe Banfi from Sheffield. He's dark, edgy, serene and beautiful.

I appreciate a songwriter like Morrissey with so much restraint.

I am a songwriter. I do get to put my personal experiences in song.

Someone like Katy Perry - I like her writing because I listen to music as a songwriter. I like a lot of her songs - like, 'Firework' is a song that I think I could write.

I think to be a good songwriter, you have to be able to play an instrument.

I'm an American songwriter, and I write from a very American perspective, and so did the records I grew up listening to.

I moved to Nashville to be a songwriter. I found out that was a job, that someone would pay you to sit in a room with a guitar and make up songs! It is the greatest job in the world. I wrote three or four songs a day. That's what I lived for.

I wanted to become a better songwriter, so it seemed like a no-brainer to move to Nashville, where some of the best writers in the world live.

I've always been a songwriter.