#lyric

We all write the music, and then Mark and Tom write the lyrics. ↗

— Travis Barker

#mark #music #then #tom #write

A good idea for lyrics and a melody to expand on. ↗

— Gordon Waller

#good #good idea #idea #lyrics #melody

Lyrics are always misleading because they make people think that that's what the music is about. ↗

— Brian Eno

#always #because #lyrics #make #misleading

We're thinking about printing the lyrics with the next record so that people can find their own meaning in them. But then they would start having a life of their own, and I think the Portishead music should stay a whole in which the lyrics come second, actually. ↗

— Beth Gibbons

#actually #come #find #having #i

There is a wonderful Hungarian literature, especially in lyric poetry. ↗

— Gyorgy Ligeti

#hungarian #literature #lyric #poetry #wonderful

There's Eddie's conviction and his lyrics and his ideals, and he can just rock straight out. His vocals are incredible. And we all are really competent musicians. ↗

— Mike McCready

#conviction #eddie #his #ideals #incredible

I think my melodies are superior to my lyrics. ↗

— Freddie Mercury

#i think #lyrics #melodies #superior #think

Sondheim writes the music and lyrics, and because he's so smart and goes so deep with his feelings, there's a lot to explore, get involved with and learn about. ↗

— Bernadette Peters

#because #deep #explore #feelings #get

Then, once I have lyrics, being able to shape them around a song is nothing new for me, I've been doing that for 25 years. The soul searching part of it, the spontaneous part of it, that was, and remains, a really terrific process. ↗

— Geddy Lee

#around #been #being #doing #i

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

#flows #forget #just #kinda #listen