Lyrical Expression Quotes

I've always sung. My dad had a song in his heart and on his lips 24/7. A lot of the time, it was the same song and the same phrase over and over again.

Maybe there's a different story when it comes to hip-hop or different genres, but as far as rock music goes, I think there is a sort of fear of saying things people might be apt to criticize. Our band is the opposite of that.

I find it hard to talk and say things, but I can always sing about them.

I connect better with music when I see the people singing it.

Personally more so than shock, I think, rap music has to be born of rebellion.

There is genuine healing in a beautifully crafted musical theatre song, like Stephen Sondheim's 'Losing My Mind,' or a pop music gem like Joni Mitchell's 'Help Me.'

I just want to write a great lyric and write a great song, and everything else is icing on the cake.

I was writing lyrics since I was nine years old, so by age 15, I was feeling pretty confident about my talent.

There is no formula to it. Writing every song is a little journey. The first note has to lift you.

Sporadic thoughts will pop into my head and I'll have to go write something down, and the next thing you know I've written a whole song in an hour.

I usually start with the words. The rhythm of the words gives me the rhythm of the song, and then I look for the musical highlights in it to carry it.

The act of writing a song involves a degree of letting go of yourself, and that's very much being a child.

When I was a kid, hip-hop had that effect on me, it was escape and it showed me a different way of life.

I always capture one aspect or the other of Delhi in my raps.

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Аfter all the beats and rhymes, I felt like everybody around me was rapping and so I was like.

I wrote 'No Words' and 'Mull of Kintyre' with help from Paul. He was always like a big brother to me and a strong influence on my songwriting.

Nothing has more words and performance than rap music.

John Mayer would be my ultimate collaboration because he's just the man. He has basically captured all I believe in with music.

Every time I write a song my approach changes.

I fell into lyric writing because of music. I backed into it.

On stage, you're not limited at all because you're free in language: language is the source of the imagination. You can travel farther in language than you can in any film.

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

Listen to really old blues guys and how they weren't allowed to sing about what they meant; they alluded to things. I find that style amusing, and I think it's a little harder to write.