Quotes About Lyrics

But I decline to say who has ever listened to them, who has written them, or other people who have sung them.

Song Sung Blue took a lot of compressing and refining, and it has one of my favorite lyrics.

I always wrote everything - I wrote all the lyrics, I wrote all the melodies, everything; it's just somebody else sung it. And to me, the singer is nothing else than a different... like a bass player or a keyboard player - they're not more important than any other musician.

The only criticism heard with any frequency of Elton John's first American album, 'Elton John,' was that the production was too grandiose. The melodies were superb, and lyrics frequently very good, and the performances flawless.

Men grow cold as girls grow old And we all lose our charms in the end. How prettily Lorelei Lee sang these mordant lyrics!

A classic song has much mystery as well as mastery in its form; it sits still in the mind, throwing light on the past and the future, often bringing tears to our eyes, for it reaches into deep emotional wells that are often forgotten in the rush of the moment. The songs that touch me are on a very high level in terms of form and classic structure, and "Both Sides Now" has all of the requirements to make it irresistible.

But probably my favorite music, believe it or not, is sad music.

After Petty's therapist heard the song "Wildflowers," he asked who the singer was addressing. "I told him I wasn't sure," Petty says. "And then he said, 'I know. That song is about you. That's you singing to yourself what you needed to hear.' It kind of knocked me back. But I realized he was right. It was me singing to me.

Sexual healing and general recovery need to work together in the same way that music and lyrics work together to make a song: They alternate and blend together at different times. They are complementary, not isolated, experiences.

doxology can help stabilize theology. It is very difficult to sing bad theology.

A un certo punto avevano attaccato con una cover di Anything Anything dei Dramarama, e noi eravamo corsi a ballare sotto il palco, mentre il cantante strillava e si dimenava. […] E poi, quando era arrivato il ritornello finale, il cantante aveva continuato a ripetere senza sosta il verso finale: Just marry me, marry me, marry meeeee. All'improvviso si erano accese le luci, il cantante si era zittito e Jack si era inginocchiato davanti a me.

Leppard's "Pour Some Sugar on Me." More like pour some penicillin

The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain.

In my opinion, I think sarcasm and humor in a song, without turning it into a novelty song, is really charming.

When I was younger, I was terrified to express anger because it would often kick-start a horrible reaction in the men in my life. So I bit my tongue. I was left to painstakingly deal with the aftermath of my avoidance later in life, in therapy or through the lyrics of my songs.

The B-52s, you know, our songs are about volcanoes or lobsters. Cindy and I sing them like our lives depend on them. I feel very emotional when I'm singing 'Rock Lobster,' but I've wanted to sing more about my personal experience.

In Bengali films, since I also write the lyrics, there are certain songs, which I get emotionally and personally attached to.

I like Peter Tosh, Bob Marley of course. All of Capleton, Sizzla, Frisco Kid, Buju Banton.

I used to know all the lyrics to all the songs from 'The Phantom of the Opera.'

Etta James takes credit for writing some of the lyrics on 'I'd Rather Go Blind,' which I think are some of the most phenomenal lyrics I've ever heard. There's arguments now about who wrote it, but she always takes credit for it in her live performances.

My music and lyrics became an extension of this Indian philosophy.

I just make up lyrics off the top of my head. A lot of times, there's a phrase I really like, and I kind of build the song around that.

I'll hear a phrase around me that someone says... I'll write it down in my notebook, and as soon as I'll sit down with my guitar, I'll come up with the rest of the arrangement there.

The more songs I've written, the more I've grown interested in telling a story. When I first began, I had this list of opaque phrases where you can make of it what you want.