#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

I don't want to feel you die, but if that's the way that God has planned you Well, I'll put pennies on your eyes. And it will go away, see? You've only lived a minute of your life. I must be dreaming... Is someone calling me? No... I think I hear a voice, They're outside the door! ↗

— Alice Cooper

#lyrics #music #dreams

I might lie a lot but never in my lyrics. ↗

— Courtney Love

#lie #lot #lyrics #might #never