Freddie Mercury Quotes
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In English, the sounds and melodies I created were an inspiration to me, and words came to me as I explored the sounds, and from there I was able expand on the meaning.
Utada Hikaru -
I am a big Pink Floyd fan. That is where a lot of the concept lyrics come from.
Gary Cherone Van Halen -
People know my lyrics; they know the stuff I've written, and it's all about life, love, happiness, and these big euphoric moments. It would always bug me when I'd go to a club, and they're playing some chick on a stripper pole on the monitor behind me. I'm like, 'So that's not what I do - that's the other guy.'
Kaskade -
I like collaboration because, first of all, I'm good at writing lyrics. I don't know how to make beats. I don't play instruments. I'm not a good singer. So even when you see a solo album of mine, it's still a collaboration.
Talib Kweli Black Star -
My music is a little dark, and my lyrics are a little darker. Every day, I'm fighting towards the light.
Bebe Rexha -
If I don't know I don't know, I think I know. If I don't know I know, I think I don't know.
R. D. Laing
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I pay attention to lyrics and I know what rap fans care about. I try to write for the average listener and I'm conscious of the mainstream without selling out.
J. Cole -
Lyrics can't do what they do - or should do - when you're creating a musical with rock lyrics. There's plenty of room for rock musicals, just not all rock musicals.
Harold Prince -
I want to bring that old soul back, the meaningful lyrics and all of that. And I can't think of a better way to do that than through Motown.
La'Porsha Renae -
I do pinch myself, like when shows in non-English speaking countries are sold out, and people are singing my lyrics. I don't think I'll ever lose that; I'm always appreciative every day of the support I have as an artist, because I'm not a commercial artist.
Xavier Rudd -
As a songwriter you have an umbilical cord to the song and it's hard to expand on your understanding of the lyrics. Whereas when you cover a song you can create your own reason why you're attached to it.
K. D. Lang -
I stand behind all the lyrics I've ever written; I don't have a problem with that.
Ian MacKaye
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My music and lyrics became an extension of this Indian philosophy.
Gary Wright -
You know what, I am not gonna lie, that Taylor Swift 'Trouble' song? I can't resist that song. Her melodies are very catchy.
Jacob Artist -
For the version of this CD released in Japan, a translation of the English lyrics is included, but there are lots of places where meanings are lost in the process of translation.
Utada Hikaru -
I'm not really into the whole lyrics thing; I just like to make music that people like to listen to.
Fetty Wap -
Poetry and lyrics are very similar. Making words bounce off a page.
Taylor Swift -
I think Steve Jobs is my idol.
Ma Huateng
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Lyrics can be important, but ultimately, what pulls people in on a song is melody and the tracks and the way music feels.
Babyface -
Sometimes I think I spend my whole life trying to figure out where I fit in.
Trent Reznor Nine Inch Nails -
Human happiness, true prosperity and joyful living can only emerge from a life of elegant simplicity, embedded in the arts and crafts.
Satish Kumar -
I do movies that I would like to go and see. I think that's a good barometer of how I choose films. I like going to these movies. Our job is to make sure the audience gets their $16 worth. That's my job.
Sam Worthington -
I've done a few face palms after things I've said because it's stupid. But if I'm not like that, I won't feel human anymore. I'll just feel like some robot saying what I'm supposed to say. I think that's when people lose it.
James Arthur -
I think my melodies are superior to my lyrics.
Freddie Mercury Queen