Quotes About Lyrics

The most difficult thing for me as an artist, as a creator of music, is lyrics. But everything else, I just do it.

Lyrically, the most important thing for me is, how can I tell a cohesive story?

I make up new lyrics to well-known lullabies. Mostly because I don't actually know a lot of the lyrics.

I love to sing. Mostly about love and sex.

The great thing about Metallica's music and the lyrics, it's always going to be hopefully a motivating experience.

I want to bring that old soul back, the meaningful lyrics and all of that. And I can't think of a better way to do that than through Motown.

The first writers I knew about were Motown's Holland-Dozier-Holland.

And wouldn't you know he'd be a singing man.

He talking Louisiana, you speaking Tennessee. The music so different, the sound coming from a different part of the body. It must of been like hearing lyrics set to scores by two different composers. But when you made love he must of have said I love you and you understood that and it was true, too, because I have seen the desperation in his eyes ever since—no matter what business venture he thinks up.

John Calvin called the Book of Psalms 'an anatomy of all parts of the soul.' All the range of emotions are expressed; the Psalms weave an emotional fabric for the human soul. These inspired lyrics take us by the hand and train us in proper emotion. They lead us to emotional maturity.

I have had much to learn from Sweden's poetry and, more especially, from her lyrics of the last generation.

I think hip-hop does a very good job of infusing comedy and humor and wit into music, a lot more than other genres.

Singing is just a feeling set to music.

When you're happy you enjoy the music. When you're sad, you understand the lyrics.

A bear! A bear! All black and brown and covered in hair!

En las canciones los caballeros no gritaban, nunca suplicaban piedad.

Of all the songs I've recorded, 'Amarillo By Morning' always sticks out in my mind.

I can write a happy song, but there has to be some sort of twist. Otherwise it feels a bit cheesy.

Lyrical poetry is not a big part of most people's lives. Twitter now becomes an interesting way of getting cared for language into people's space. Because there is something deep inside of us that responds to cared for language, whether it's literary, poetry, or really good lyrics in a song.

I like country music. Sometimes I'll just type in 'country' on Pandora and listen. I really like the passion in the lyrics.

I'm not the type of guy to go so deep with the concept songs, but there's deep thought in everything. Maybe it's not just a repetitive hook telling you what the song is about - you have to use your brain a little bit.

It takes a certain type of rapper for me to really get into the album.

There's so much you can do with laying words on a bed of music. You can completely change their meaning with the type of music or the way they're sung.

Nothing Rhymed,' my first single in England, was a nice ballad, which I thought would sound like a songwriter typical of the day - denim, jeans, long hair, early 20s.