Most of my lyrics are little stories about my experiences or those of my friends.
Sade Adu
Writing lyrics is part spontaneous, intuitive and part really thought through and carefully analyzed as you write it. It's a mixture of two... →
Ian Anderson
I really wanted to work hard on my lyrics.
Brody Armstrong
I write my lyrics into the computer and I hum my music into the dictaphone.
Sebastian Bach
We all write the music, and then Mark and Tom write the lyrics.
Travis Barker
Usually, writing lyrics for me is like bleeding drop by drop from the forehead.
Matt Berninger
When it comes to lyrics, I just write down a lot of things, and only a very tiny fraction of it, I think, is any good.
The first thing that inspires any song is a chord progression. When I have one I really like, I get into the lyrics even more.
Frank Black
For me, naming bands was the forerunner to really writing lyrics, because I work off titles.
Jim Capaldi
I write hate lyrics really well. It's not every day you can use them, really.
Nick Cave