I’m a lyric man – I’m always looking for meaningful songs.
TOM JONES
TOM JONES
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I love listening to new stuff, at home in LA I always have the radio on to hear what is happening.
Tom JonesTom Jones Plant a radish, get a radish, never any doubt. That’s why I love vegetables, you know what they’re about!
Tom JonesTom Jones I got married when I was 16 so I had to do shift-work to make ends meet.
Tom JonesTom Jones Time is my enemy. Time will catch up with me vocally. And I dread that. I dread to think about life without singing.
Tom JonesTom Jones It’s good to touch the green, green grass of home.
Tom JonesTom Jones Dont just do something because everybody else is doing it- do it your own way!
Tom JonesTom Jones Once heard, Never forgotten!
Tom JonesTom Jones You can’t lose the essence of a song. I try to enhance it more than anything else.
Tom JonesTom Jones I’ve always felt myself as being a serious singer.
Tom JonesTom Jones I like to drink to suit my location.
Tom JonesTom Jones You are only a young talent, but we don’t know how old your soul is.
Tom JonesTom Jones Love is in the air everywhere I look around. Love is in the air every sight and every sound.
Tom JonesTom Jones We won best breakthrough video, it meant so much to me to win that award, it was a turning point in my career.
Tom JonesTom Jones Pussy cat, pussy cat, I love you, yes I do. You and your pussy cat nose.
Tom JonesTom Jones I come from a coal-mining, working-class background. My father was a coal miner.
Tom JonesTom Jones I think when you’ve lived a bit, you read more into the songs. I do, anyway. And you’re sort of living the songs rather than performing them,
Tom JonesTom Jones
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Caught inside my mind trapped between its horrid lines losing precious time.
Carmen AmadosCarmen Amados Some women will have you look at life differently.
Eleni SophiaEleni Sophia The biggest reward often require the largest risks.
Nicole BrownNicole Brown Being with you is familiar, like playing guitar after some time; the theory is there but my fingers have forgotten the chords.
AstaAsta Late-night conservations, Breathtaking memories, and an endless sky full of unseen dazzling stars. That’s how I want to remember us.
AurthurAurthur Nothing is more terrifying than falling in love.
Helena DegnHelena Degn People who cannot see through souls will keep searching for beauty in faces and will never find it.
Shilpa GoelShilpa Goel There is someone out there waiting to love you in all the ways you deserve.
Ashley PrzywolskiAshley Przywolski
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More on lyrics
I don’t really know what inspires me to write the music I do, but usually, the music will set the tone for the lyrics.
Eddie Van HalenEddie Van Halen A song is a song. But there are some songs, ah, some songs are the greatest. The Beatles song Yesterday. Listen to the lyrics.
Chuck BerryChuck Berry If you really look at my lyrics, nobody’s exempt. Nobody’s exempt from observation, criticism or what I think is correction.
Ice CubeIce Cube I stopped telling people what lyrics meant to them when I saw them tattoo it on them, because it clearly meant much more to them than it ever did to me.
FinneasFinneas 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.
Emeli SandeEmeli Sande My lyrics aren’t offensive. Some people find everything offensive.
Tyler, the CreatorTyler, the Creator If I hadn’t had Freddie Mercury’s lyrics to hold on to as a kid I don’t know where I would be. It taught me about all forms of music… it would open my mind. I never really had a bigger teacher in my whole life.
Axl RoseAxl Rose Pac get busy. People can’t take nothing from him. On the lyrics, he get busy, straight up.
The Notorious B.I.G.The Notorious B.I.G.