Poetry and lyrics are very similar. Making words bounce off a page.
To a bookish boy in a Boston suburb in the mid-1970s, the lyrics of Cole Porter came as something of a revelation.
As a lyricist, you love to hear other great lyrics or other great concepts.
I have this theory, bands with enigmatic lyrics attract crazies.
A song's lyrics can't be held culprit for the overall change in society.
If you actually dissect the lyrics in 'Motley Crue', you'll notice that there's a lot going on beneath the surface.
I write everything. It's my favorite part of what I do. And lyrics are my favorite thing.
For me, naming bands was the forerunner to really writing lyrics, because I work off titles.
And also, I think Japan places great value on the lyrics.
A lot of Woody Guthrie's songs were taken from other songs. He would rework the melody and lyrics, and all of a sudden it was a Woody Guthrie song.
I write my lyrics into the computer and I hum my music into the dictaphone.
You work very hard on the lyrics. Getting them to fit the contours of improvised melodies.
I came to the Unites States and realised I had a knack for coming up with rhymes and lyrics.
Lyrics are so important, but they're really underrated.
I think my melodies are superior to my lyrics.
I filled the margins of my schoolbooks with lyrics.
I still know the lyrics to pretty much any 'Mary Poppins' song.
I have found in black metal the lyrics are profoundly beautiful... a pathos and mythos at the same time.
I love Paul Simon... his lyrics.
My music and my lyrics are essentially emotional postcards.
