#lyric

I have been accused of being a very simplistic, very lyrical player, and that's okay. That just comes from the blues, which is my background. But every day you wake up and transcend. You can't ever rest on your laurels. ↗

— Carlos Santana

#background #been #being #blues #comes

He's a real nowhere man, Sitting in his Nowhere Land, Making all his nowhere plans for nobody. Doesn't have a point of view, Knows not where he's going to, Isn't he a bit like you and me? ↗

— The Beatles

#existence #fictional-character #lack-of-motivation #music #music-lyrics

I privilege the music over the lyrics. ↗

— Duncan Sheik

#lyrics #music #over #privilege

When rock came along the lyrics and melodies became less important and it bothered me to think that perhaps they might not regain the value they have to music - they are music. ↗

— Dinah Shore

#became #bothered #came #important #less

Sometimes my boyfriend would write the lyrics and I would write the melody, and other times I would start from scratch. Or sometimes I would take a local poem and put that to music. ↗

— Carly Simon

#i #local #lyrics #melody #music

If you actually dissect the lyrics in 'Motley Crue', you'll notice that there's a lot going on beneath the surface. ↗

— Nikki Sixx

#beneath #crue #dissect #going #lot

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. ↗

— Anne Stevenson

#american #been #blake #books #favorite

I think the melody is the first time I hear in a song and if I like the melody, then I'll pay closer attention to the lyrics. ↗

— George Strait

#closer #first #first time #hear #i

I'm just a notch on your bedpost but you're just a line in a song. ↗

— Fall Out Boy

#lyrics

I'm not a wannabe. I'm who I wannabe. ↗

— Hawk Nelson

#self-esteem #lyrics