22 quotes about lyrics follow in order of popularity. Be sure to bookmark and share your favorites!

I would say I'd rather dig a ditch, you know, do hard, manual labor than write lyrics.

Natalie Merchant

I can be stupid in my lyrics or say whatever I want without having to worry about anybody else's feeling or anybody being embarrassed by it or anything like that.

Justin Hayward

The lyrics to the song really connect with me and there is something that hits me when I hear it.

Geoff Harrison

Since Indonesians love ballads, we may change some of the lyrics to suit them.

Janji Vince

People are always asking me what my lyrics mean. Well I say what any decent poet would say if you dared ask him to analyse his work: if you see it, darling, then it's there.

Freddie Mercury

Didn't say it, he did it -- one time only. Unless he blew the lyrics, he did one take.

Bing Crosby

I tried to be a lot more personal with the lyrics. Some of them are definitely about heartbreak and girls, but a lot of them are about my father and his battles with alcoholism. That's how I like to listen to bands. I would like to know that the singer was actually going through that.

Jt Woodruff

You're trying to get the lyrics and melody to coexist. And sometimes you're trying to fit a square peg into a round hole.

Andrew Bird

Based on the lyrics I think it's not as highbrow academic.

Dennis Lyxzen

They put music to the lyrics. I never thought it would turn out like it did.

Hector Venegas

We are really trying to improve the content by focusing on lyrics without music.

Fight Klub

As you listen to them more, you can make out the actual lyrics, and can tell they're usually pretty deep in message.

Carlos Morales

They did an awesome job, ... Some of the lyrics, I just couldn't believe it. Some of the lyrics have lines that are right from my diary.

Hope Partlow

It was definitely nerves. I started thinking about my lyrics way, way, way too much when I got onstage and it threw me off.

Melissa Mcghee

It was so much fun conducting an orchestra and watching the musicians' faces as some of Kanye's lyrics went by. They couldn't believe what was going on.

Jon Brion

I also began hearing the lyrics. A friend suggested I talk to a producer.

Ben Savage

The lyrics drive the story. So they are very, very important.

Sally Deering

She was every bandleader's dream, a vocalist who had natural talent, a keen regard for the lyrics, and an attractive appearance.

Les Brown (musician)

I thought these songs were constructed very well. All the lyrics were very strong. I won't sing things that I wouldn't say in conversation, or things that wouldn't be believable.

Bettye Lavette

I love lyrics and Dylan's songs always say something, ... Maybe that's what it was. His songs always talked about how things should be and dealt with issues. That appealed to me.

Ralph Miller

Cynthia's lyrics always expressed the feelings people felt but they couldn't express themselves.

Barry Mann

I've never written lyrics in my life. Now I'm going to have to. And I've never played the guitar and sung at the same time. But I'm going to have to learn how because that's the way we're going to do it from now on.

Elliot Secrist