You would find in a lot of Zep stuff that the riff was the juggernaut that careered through and I worked the lyrics around this.
Robert Plant
You can't ask me to explain the lyrics because I won't do it.
Lou Reed
Lyrics are really important for me.
Gavin Rossdale
I privilege the music over the lyrics.
Duncan Sheik
So one can say that I write all the time, that goes for the lyrics as well.
Billy Sherwood
If you actually dissect the lyrics in 'Motley Crue', you'll notice that there's a lot going on beneath the surface.
Nikki Sixx
I get the music, I get the beats. And I go to the studios and write the lyrics.
Obie Trice
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 try to focus on the melodies and try to make everything else minimal. The melody and the lyrics are most important to me.
Sharon Van Etten
The Smiths hasn't been equaled. That goes for the composition of the songs, the lyrics, and the performance.
Jeff Buckley