Sometimes we focus on the lyrics too much and forget to dance to the music.
Sort of like, I have to make the Japanese lyrics really deep.
Yes, basically, like you said, I'll work out a chord pattern and work out the lyrics over that.
But I don't like working on lyrics publicly in the studio - I prefer to take them away and work on them in my bedroom.
The sun is up, the sky is blue It's beautiful, and so are you
I carry my iPod everywhere. My favorite group is the John Butler Trio, an Australian jam band. The lead singer and guitarist writes amazing lyrics.
You can be very efficient with lyrics, and you can get the heart fluttering or soaring or make someone cry with a really amazing dance song.
The foolish rush to end their lives. Only the steadfast soul survives.
There can be no proof that Blake's lyric is composed of the best words in the best order; only a conviction, accepted by our knowledge and judgment, that it is so.
I suppose I'm saying that defiance is actually part of the lyric job
When I look at the arc of my career, my focus is on lyricism, right? I own that.
Sometimes I'll be driving and a lyric will come into my head, and I will have to pull over and record it on my phone.
It's a combination of melody and lyrics, not one without the other. It's a confluence of these different elements that makes something powerful.
You would find in a lot of Zep stuff that the riff was the juggernaut that careered through and I worked the lyrics around this.
Most of my lyrics are little stories about my experiences or those of my friends.
A lot of people heard 'Murda Business' and thought it was about killing people, trying to be tough and hardcore. If you actually listen to the lyrics, it's kind of silly and playful.
I firmly believe lyrics have to breathe and give the audience's ear a chance to understand what's going on. Particularly in the theater, where you have costume, story, acting, orchestra.
Only a tiny portion of music history involves a singer and a lyric. Songs in music are generally thought to be a minor form.
All of my lyrics are based on the one thing that's never failed me, and that's the Word of God.
This proves that great lyric poetry can die, be reborn, die again, but will always remain one of the most outstanding creations of the human soul.
Lyrics are so important, I hate every second of writing them, but it's something I take great pride in when it's finished.
