#lyrics

funny how a beautiful song could tell such a sad story ↗

— Sarah Dessen

#storytelling #beauty

Oh Beautiful for smoggy skies, insecticided grain, For strip-mined mountain's majesty above the asphalt plain. America, America, man sheds his waste on thee, And hides the pines with billboard signs, from sea to oily sea. ↗

— George Carlin

#environment #song-lyrics #beauty

You have every right to a beautiful life. ↗

— Selena Gomez

#life #song-lyrics #beauty

But, my God, it's so beautiful when the boy smiles ↗

— Anna Nalick

#love #missing-you #romance #smile #song-lyrics

A lot of Woody Guthrie's songs were taken from other songs. He would rework the melody and lyrics, and all of a sudden it was a Woody Guthrie song. ↗

— John Mellencamp

#lot #lyrics #melody #other #song

To me you are a work of art, and I would give you my heart - that's if I had one. ↗

— Morrissey

#love #lyrics #music #art

Man, that record came out and was real big in Memphis. They started playing it, and it got real big. Don't know why-the lyrics had no meaning. ↗

— Elvis Presley

#came #got #had #know #lyrics

Too many times you come across lyrics that sound like you've heard them before or you can't really relate to them. And I think that I write songs that sound fresh and sensual in kind of a layered, lush way. But I also think that they are real, and that's why I wanted to call the record 'Inside Out.' ↗

— Emmy Rossum

#also #before #call #come #fresh

Tori Amos had a major influence on how I craft words in a song. Until I heard 'Little Earthquakes' all my lyrics used really obvious analogies like rain for tears. ↗

— Hal Sparks

#earthquakes #had #heard #how #i

Imagination is the key to my lyrics. The rest is painted with a little science fiction. ↗

— Jimi Hendrix

#imagination #key #little #lyrics #painted