#lyric

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

#group #i #jazz #liked #lyrics

The heart has a heart of its own. ↗

— Morrissey

#life #love #lyrics #music #humor

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

#documentary #eventually #experimenting #hope #i

Only love can last. ↗

— Madonna

#love

like a soulmate he's your penguin ↗

— Christina Perri

#love #penguin #song-lyrics #soulmates #love

Would you destroy Something perfect in order to make it beautiful? ↗

— Gerard Way

#gerard-way #killjoys #love #music #my-chemical-romance

Beauty walks a razors edge, someday I'll make it mine. ↗

— Bob Dylan

#beauty

One thing a lyricist must learn is not to fall in love with his own lines. Once you learn that, you can walk away from the lyric and look at it with a reasonable degree of objectivity. ↗

— Hal David

#degree #fall #his #learn #lines

In my opinion, Lenny Bruce was more of an influence on Zappa's satirical lyric's than anyone that I know of. ↗

— Jimmy Carl Black

#bruce #i #in my opinion #influence #know