Quotes of: Lyrics Keyword

In rap, as in most popular lyrics, a very low standard is set for rhyme; but this was not always the case with popular music.

James Fenton

I was listening to all those lyrics and trying to take in everything that was happening. I was completely excited. It was one of the greatest times that I had listening to music.

Jay McShann

If rock-and-roll is well done, there's nothing so terribly wrong with that kind of music. But the lyrics are another story.

Kate Smith

I do believe that when I'm writing music, I get addicted to the music of the concept of what the outcome of the song is, or the passion behind the lyrics.

Nikki Sixx

Our music may sound big emotionally, but that's more to do with the playing, the level of musicianship and the full-on energy. Often, the lyrics are often quite small and focused.

Win Butler

There is no gender to my music. There's no male or female voice, no trite lyrics or poetry. It's much more abstract, so it lives with you longer.

Yanni

And it was then that I realized wow, I'm able to write lyrics and sing and stuff like that.

Utada Hikaru

Why write a song when no one can play the notes or understand the lyrics?

Bloodsucking Fiends

I try to write lyrics so that they won't age, which sort of leaves you with the big subjects like death and love and sex and violence.

Florence Welch

Maybe the key to finding the perfect song is simply rewriting the lyrics.

Song Chaser

My heart is strong, I will not fail, I won't be wronged, I will prevail.

Lyrics of the Heart

I'm not a pop song lyric writer. I can't just focus on one simple meaning or even a double entendre.

Julian Casablancas

I try to focus on the melodies and try to make everything else minimal. The melody and the lyrics are most important to me.

Sharon Van Etten

I had written lyrics to a song called The Silent Extreme, which Alex later renamed Humans Being.

Sammy Hagar

If a voice is just too nice, without an edge, it kinda all flows by. You forget it. You don't listen to the lyrics.

Stephen Malkmus

I wanna be able to stand on the stage and hold out the mic and people sing all the lyrics to my song.

Sevyn Streeter

A lot of underground hip-hop will inspire me as far as rhyme patterns - really wordy, intelligent lyrics.

Travie McCoy

If the lyrics are something new, then maybe I want to give it a more traditional form, or the other way around, but not have all one or the other.

Kacey Musgraves

I find it harder to write the lyrics afterwards because then you're just trying to fit them into something that's already there.

King Tuff

Lyrical poets have to be in touch with visceral experience. I've always tried to avoid virtual experiences. That's emerging in my fiction.

Steven Heighton

While I'm grateful for the freedom to express one's self, I've learned there are limits to what language is appropriate and I'm deeply sorry for how these lyrics could be interpreted.

Psy