Lyrics Quotes - page 2

Shay sometimes talked in a mysterious way, like she was quoting the lyrics of some band no one else listened to. (Scott Westerfeld)
I just kept it real and had the freedom to do what I want. It's not designed for any age group. It's not made for radio. There are no edits. The whole album contains explicit lyrics but that's because you need it. View quote
Vanilla Ice
Anyone who wants to know who I am can just read my lyrics - I've always written about who I am. View quote
Joan Jett
When I write, it is always the melody that comes first, and it just happens to be the case that the most beautiful tunes are sad, and the lyrics follow the mood of the melody. View quote
Francoise Hardy
I have this theory, bands with enigmatic lyrics attract crazies. View quote
Michael Azerrad
I had written lyrics to a song called The Silent Extreme, which Alex later renamed Humans Being. View quote
Sammy Hagar
In Van Halen there were moments, like in some of the ballads, I put my heart and soul into those records. Those lyrics when I sang 'em, I gave myself goosebumps. View quote
Sammy Hagar
I wasn't writing the music. Ed would write a piece of music. I'd listen to it and come up with a melody and then we would arrange it. We'd put it together and I would write lyrics to my melodies. View quote
Sammy Hagar
That's something - you laugh about Eminem... It's funny, man, because I didn't like him when he first came out, ya know. It seemed like a big joke. But I think the guy's for real, and I like his lyrics! View quote
Alan Vega
Lyrics are kind of the whole thing; it's the message. Something might have a beautiful melody but if it's not the truth coming out of your mouth, it's not appealing. View quote
Alison Krauss
Right now, I'm Writing song lyrics. Experimenting with a play. Toying with an idea for a documentary. I hope one of these will eventually be launched into the light of day. (Anita Diament)
Blake has always been a favorite, the lyrics, not so much the prophetic books, but I suppose Yeats influenced me more as a young poet, and the American, Robert Frost. View quote
Anne Stevenson
Hopefully people can look at our band and see that we're a heavy rock band. We're definitely not a metal band, but we're a band that focuses on meaningful lyrics and melody. View quote
Adam Rich
I wanted to write some lyrics that had some meaning to them, lyrics that were meaningful to me and hopefully people can take something from that. View quote
Adam Rich
Only two to three per cent of an audience is interested in words and pays attention to lyrics; most of the rest of it is about image or the beat or the sound, or else it's a tribal thing - country & western, rap, heavy metal, with historical folk rock off in some kind of cult. View quote
Al Stewart
So one can say that I write all the time, that goes for the lyrics as well. View quote
Billy Sherwood
The first thing that inspires any song is a chord progression. When I have one I really like, I get into the lyrics even more. View quote
Black Francis
Listen to the lyrics - we're singing about everyday life: rich people trying to keep money, poor people tying to get it, and everyone having trouble with their husband or wife! View quote
Buddy Guy
Cynthia's lyrics always expressed the feelings people felt but they couldn't express themselves. View quote
Barry Mann
I don't know if it's my music, my lyrics, my sound, and knowing the music business the way I do-all I can say is, my career has lasted way longer than I expected. View quote
Barry White
Don't call my lyrics poetry. It's an insult to real poets. (Bernie Taupin)
I have Bob Dylan lyrics on my ribs. I'm a diehard Dylan fan, and my dad and I joke that if I ever met him, I'd have him sign his name right under my tattoo and then I'd run to the parlor to get his signature tattooed. View quote
Carly Chaikin
The best song lyrics seem to me so artful, so brilliant, so warm and humorous, with both passion and wit, that my admiration is matched only by my envy. View quote
David Lehman
When you know the lyrics to a tune, you have some kind of insight as to it's composition. If you don't understand what it's about, you're depriving yourself of being really able to communicate this poem. View quote
Dexter Gordon
I privilege the music over the lyrics. View quote
Duncan Sheik