#lyric

I thinks it really interesting how they throw the world music samples in there. I often wonder what it would be like to do something like that, but use my lyrics and my kind of style. ↗

— Marc Almond

#i #interesting #kind #like #lyrics

The trumpet was not a lyrical singing instrument. ↗

— Herb Alpert

#lyrical #singing #trumpet

I get even more nervous singing when everyone's fallen silent, but I really try to communicate the meaning of the lyrics, and there's people there listening to that, and if they're moved by it, then I'm moved as well. ↗

— Namie Amuro

#even #everyone #fallen #get #i

For several centuries what has passed for song in literary circles was any text that looked like the lyrics for a commonplace melodic setting. ↗

— David Antin

#centuries #circles #commonplace #like #literary

I just don't write musically, but lyrically, yeah I write. ↗

— Tom Araya

#i write #just #lyrically #musically #write

There will always be some kid who's the new Kurt Cobain writing great lyrics and singing from his soul. The problem is they're not marketing that anymore or putting it out there. ↗

— Rosanna Arquette

#anymore #cobain #great #his #kid

I write my lyrics into the computer and I hum my music into the dictaphone. ↗

— Sebastian Bach

#hum #i #i write #into #lyrics

Social media is a giant distraction to the ultimate aim, which is honing your craft as a songwriter. There are people who are exceptional at it, however, and if you can do both things, then that's fantastic, but if you are a writer, the time is better spent on a clever lyric than a clever tweet. ↗

— Bryan Adams

#better #both #clever #craft #distraction

I've learned that in the theater the story is everything. Every lyric, every line and every musical gesture has to propel the journey of a given character or the overall plot. ↗

— Trey Anastasio

#every #everything #gesture #given #i

And I think as long as a song has beautiful lyrics, I'm so happy. ↗

— Julie Andrews

#happy #i #i think #long #lyrics