#lyric

The most astonishing joy is to receive from the muses the gift of a whole lyric. ↗

— James Broughton

#gift #joy #lyric #most #muses

After that, I specifically started writing lyrics. I would like sweat and think and get it all together. ↗

— Jim Capaldi

#get #i #like #lyrics #specifically

At first it was a bit daunting, but once I started to do it, the more I got into it, the more I started enjoying it and being able to say things lyrically that I would normally have to say musically. ↗

— Jimmy Chamberlin

#being #bit #daunting #enjoying #first

Some things remain fragments, just the lyrics and melodies or a line or two or a verse. ↗

— Tracy Chapman

#just #line #lyrics #melodies #remain

The quality of the writing, really. Simple as that. Beautiful words. It's very nice as a singer to do great songs, which have wonderful lyrics and strong feelings underneath the song. ↗

— Bryan Ferry

#beautiful words #feelings #great #lyrics #nice

I am a big Pink Floyd fan. That is where a lot of the concept lyrics come from. ↗

— Gary Cherone

#big #come #concept #fan #floyd

Also, because people like to multitask, in a way if you've got a bit of music on in the background and the lyrical content is making you want to listen to it, then that would probably put you off the texting you wanted to do. I think people like things that just make that right kind of noise, but leave your brain free to do something else. ↗

— Jarvis Cocker

#background #because #bit #brain #content

There are some songs where I'll have had the music for 20 years and then finally the lyric will come through. That's not common but it does happen. Then there are other songs that come really quickly. ↗

— Tim Finn

#common #does #finally #had #happen

I never really liked poetry readings; I liked to read poetry by myself, but I liked singing, chanting my lyrics to this jazz group. ↗

— Leonard Cohen

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I was babysitting the night High School Musical premiered last year. I watched with the kids and we sang along to the lyrics. I was making $12 an hour. ↗

— Monique Coleman

#babysitting #high #high school #hour #i