#lyrics

You obviously don't really forget how to play the old songs; you just don't have to spend so much time convincing yourself that you remember them. Way less mental energy is spent swimming around in lyrics you've already written and chords you've already played. ↗

— Jeff Tweedy

#around #chords #convincing #energy #forget

But I don't like working on lyrics publicly in the studio - I prefer to take them away and work on them in my bedroom. ↗

— Sophie Ellis Bextor

#bedroom #i #like #lyrics #prefer

There's two facets to writing a song. There's you sitting in your room writing the sentiments of the song; the lyrics, the melody and the changes, and then there's the part where you go into the studio and you put clothing on it. ↗

— Nuno Bettencourt

#clothing #facets #go #into #lyrics

I'm writing a record of comedy songs. I'm doing all these collaborations with artists. I bring them lyrics and they write the music to it. ↗

— Margaret Cho

#bring #collaborations #comedy #doing #i

I've actually had a melody on my guitar since the day I learned how to play it, back when I was 7. And for some reason I can't add lyrics to it. ↗

— Miley Cyrus

#add #back #day #guitar #had

I like reading Ball Tongue lyrics and all that stuff. And they published a book, and I wouldn't give my lyrics, and it's all wrong in the book, and I giggle. It's funny. ↗

— Jonathan Davis

#book #funny #giggle #give #i

I was a kid who got picked on in school, and now the guys beating up those kids were wearing red caps and using my music to fuel that aggression. But if they listen to the lyrics, the aggression is targeted at them. ↗

— Fred Durst

#beating #caps #fuel #got #guys

I think it need realness, you should speak on thing that you know about, that you being from, that you experienced or that you been around, you know. I think you need a good hook, good beats and good lyrics. ↗

— Obie Trice

#around #beats #been #being #experienced

I write the music because I can't really write lyrics. But I can write chords like Robin's never heard of. So I provide the music for them to add the lyrics to. ↗

— Maurice Gibb

#because #chords #heard #i #i can

I called to wish you an unhappy birthday because you're evil and you lie and if you should die I may feel slightly sad, but I won't cry. ↗

— Morrissey

#evil