Imagination is the key to my lyrics. The rest is painted with a little science fiction.
Jimi HendrixIt was a little at a time but I broke out my Walkman and my lyric pad and started writing.
Lou GrammEven if I'm writing music, it's with a lyric in mind, to communicate some kind of feeling.
Cass McCombsMusic's staying power is a function of how timeless the lyrics, song and production are.
Gary WrightFor me, naming bands was the forerunner to really writing lyrics, because I work off titles.
Jim CapaldiI'd rather sing a good lyric written by someone else than one of my own that is terrible.
Vanessa Paradis