Lyrics Quotes

I’m a great believer in letting lyrics just flow out, wherever they come from.

Probably some of the songs I never even really listened to the lyrics.

I feel like ‘Next To Me’ is a great introduction because it’s a simple song that has a simple message for me. I wanted to introduce something that lyrically I’m proud of and introduces me both as an artist and as a writer.

It is no longer possible for lyric poetry to express the immensity of our experience. Life has grown too cumbersome, too complicated. We have acquired values which are best expressed in prose.

A lot of artists use memories. A lot of prose writers, a lot of poets, a lot of songwriters, refer back to something. Generally it’s all you’ve got, unless you’re brilliant and can write totally in the now.

I usually know the general emotion of a song, or the general feeling of it, and then I think I just get so excited by the act of recording. I love that process so much that I feel like if

Logic , like lyrical poetry , is no employment for the middle-aged.

Lyricists play with words.

If I knew the language enough to know it was a horrible love song with stupid lyrics.

The lyrics are not an important thing to me. In fact, it can be a distraction.