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Lyric Quotes

I understand that transposing a song a half step can effect the believability of a lyric Picture Quote #1

I’ve learned that in the theater the story is everything. Every lyric, every line and every musical gesture has to propel the journey of a given character or the overall plot Picture Quote #1

I have a lyric journal that I write in a lot. When I’m going to play, I just sit down and have my books with me and my notes and tapes and whatever I need to refer to. I just play and try different things. It’s a kind of discipline Picture Quote #1

I sit down and draw from my lyric book. I sit down and start looking through it and see if there is anything that strikes me that I’ve written Picture Quote #1

In country music the lyric is important and the melodies get a little more complex all the time, and you hear marvelous new singers who are interested in writing and interpreting a lyric and in all form of popular music Picture Quote #1

In recent decades this symbolic or metaphorical lyric has given way to one which leans toward metonymy Picture Quote #1

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If I play anything that sounds like a solo, it’s gonna sound like a lyric Picture Quote #1

Well well boss there is something to be said for the lyric and imperial attitude believe that everything is for you until you discover that you are for it sing your faith in what you get to eat right up to the minute you are eaten for you are going to be eaten Picture Quote #1

I get a different kind of lyric from someone else that might make me go in a different musical direction Picture Quote #1

The way I teach people to sing... I have them talk the lyric out until it sounds like something they really believe, like an actor with a monologue Picture Quote #1

I’m conflicted about the lyric tattoo thing. I feel like that’s a lifetime decision, and I always feel like, ‘I hope you don’t regret this a couple years from now when you get tired of that song.’ Picture Quote #1

Lyric helps invoke the core person. And, without lyric, it is difficult to touch the core. Lyrical music is the music of India Picture Quote #1

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This proves that great lyric poetry can die, be reborn, die again, but will always remain one of the most outstanding creations of the human soul Picture Quote #1

Lyric writing is an interesting process in Sonic Youth. There’s three people writing now, and we’ve all had a lot of interest and involvement with expression through word Picture Quote #1

Something taken off the page can sound great, I guess. Usually it doesn’t. It seems like lately Pitchfork is trying to champion lyric writers more Picture Quote #1

If some event happens and it seems really important to me and moving to me, I’ll write it down in my lyric book knowing that it will come out in a song Picture Quote #1

I certainly believe you can write a narrative lyric or a lyrical narrative - why not a nyric or a larrative Picture Quote #1

When I’m stuck for a closing to a lyric, I will drag out my last resort: overwhelming illogic Picture Quote #1

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The country is lyric, the town dramatic. When mingled, they make the most perfect musical drama Picture Quote #1

What makes a great song - you don’t put it into words. You feel it. The perfect lyric. The perfect melody. It makes you feel something Picture Quote #1

There’s no reason anybody should be reading too much into ‘Thrift Shop.’ I just have because I have a 10-year-old and a 7-year-old who are really into going to lyric websites, hitting print, and printing lyrics for every song that’s popular Picture Quote #1

The popular songs that were written in the 1920s and 30s, 40s and early 50s were written by veterans - mostly men who’d had experience in life. How can you write a lyric if you haven’t really lived life? Picture Quote #1

The melody seems to have gone to the country. The country music seems to still have melody and interesting lyrics. But pop music, you’ve got to really listen hard to somebody who’s doing a good melody and a good lyric Picture Quote #1

A lot of writing I do on tour. I do a lot on airplanes. At home, I write a lot, obviously. When I write a song, what I usually do is work the lyric out first from some basic idea that I had, and then I get an acoustic guitar and I sit by the tape recorder and I try to bang it out as it comes Picture Quote #1

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The thing is: in order to reach an agreement, to reach that balance, sometimes it is sort of like that old Rhinestone Cowboy lyric, ‘There’ll be a load of compromisin’ on the road to my horizon.’ For those of you who were too young, or don’t recall the song, made famous by country singer Glen Campbell, it is your loss Picture Quote #1

My introduction of Whitney was that if there’s going to be one performer for the next generation who combined the beauty and lyric phrasing of a Lena Horne with those Gospel fiery roots of an Aretha Franklin, it would be Whitney Houston Picture Quote #1

It’s always good to show that poetry isn’t the little depressed lyric people believe it to be, that it’s something bigger Picture Quote #1

This proves that great lyric poetry can die, be reborn, die again, but will always remain one of the most outstanding creations of the human soul Picture Quote #1

Sometimes I’ll listen to a lyric and I’ll be so pissed off that I didn’t write it Picture Quote #1

I like to get a vibe first, then a melody and really beat up the melody for a while, then try and find a lyric that really suits him/her Picture Quote #1

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I understand that transposing a song a half step can effect the believability of a lyric (Lyric Quotes) I’ve learned that in the theater the story is everything. Every lyric, every line and every musical gesture has to propel the journey of a given character or the overall plot (Lyric Quotes) I have a lyric journal that I write in a lot. When I’m going to play, I just sit down and have my books with me and my notes and tapes and whatever I need to refer to. I just play and try different things. It’s a kind of discipline (Lyric Quotes) I sit down and draw from my lyric book. I sit down and start looking through it and see if there is anything that strikes me that I’ve written (Lyric Quotes) In country music the lyric is important and the melodies get a little more complex all the time, and you hear marvelous new singers who are interested in writing and interpreting a lyric and in all form of popular music (Lyric Quotes) In recent decades this symbolic or metaphorical lyric has given way to one which leans toward metonymy (Lyric Quotes) If I play anything that sounds like a solo, it’s gonna sound like a lyric (Lyric Quotes) Well well boss there is something to be said for the lyric and imperial attitude believe that everything is for you until you discover that you are for it sing your faith in what you get to eat right up to the minute you are eaten for you are going to be eaten (Lyric Quotes) I get a different kind of lyric from someone else that might make me go in a different musical direction (Lyric Quotes) The way I teach people to sing... I have them talk the lyric out until it sounds like something they really believe, like an actor with a monologue (Lyric Quotes) I’m conflicted about the lyric tattoo thing. I feel like that’s a lifetime decision, and I always feel like, ‘I hope you don’t regret this a couple years from now when you get tired of that song.’ (Lyric Quotes) Lyric helps invoke the core person. And, without lyric, it is difficult to touch the core. Lyrical music is the music of India (Lyric Quotes) This proves that great lyric poetry can die, be reborn, die again, but will always remain one of the most outstanding creations of the human soul (Lyric Quotes) Lyric writing is an interesting process in Sonic Youth. There’s three people writing now, and we’ve all had a lot of interest and involvement with expression through word (Lyric Quotes) Something taken off the page can sound great, I guess. Usually it doesn’t. It seems like lately Pitchfork is trying to champion lyric writers more (Lyric Quotes) If some event happens and it seems really important to me and moving to me, I’ll write it down in my lyric book knowing that it will come out in a song (Lyric Quotes) I certainly believe you can write a narrative lyric or a lyrical narrative - why not a nyric or a larrative (Lyric Quotes) When I’m stuck for a closing to a lyric, I will drag out my last resort: overwhelming illogic (Lyric Quotes) The country is lyric, the town dramatic. When mingled, they make the most perfect musical drama (Lyric Quotes) What makes a great song - you don’t put it into words. You feel it. The perfect lyric. The perfect melody. It makes you feel something (Lyric Quotes) There’s no reason anybody should be reading too much into ‘Thrift Shop.’ I just have because I have a 10-year-old and a 7-year-old who are really into going to lyric websites, hitting print, and printing lyrics for every song that’s popular (Lyric Quotes) The popular songs that were written in the 1920s and 30s, 40s and early 50s were written by veterans - mostly men who’d had experience in life. How can you write a lyric if you haven’t really lived life? (Lyric Quotes) The melody seems to have gone to the country. The country music seems to still have melody and interesting lyrics. But pop music, you’ve got to really listen hard to somebody who’s doing a good melody and a good lyric (Lyric Quotes) A lot of writing I do on tour. I do a lot on airplanes. At home, I write a lot, obviously. When I write a song, what I usually do is work the lyric out first from some basic idea that I had, and then I get an acoustic guitar and I sit by the tape recorder and I try to bang it out as it comes (Lyric Quotes) The thing is: in order to reach an agreement, to reach that balance, sometimes it is sort of like that old Rhinestone Cowboy lyric, ‘There’ll be a load of compromisin’ on the road to my horizon.’ For those of you who were too young, or don’t recall the song, made famous by country singer Glen Campbell, it is your loss. (Lyric Quotes) My introduction of Whitney was that if there’s going to be one performer for the next generation who combined the beauty and lyric phrasing of a Lena Horne with those Gospel fiery roots of an Aretha Franklin, it would be Whitney Houston. (Lyric Quotes) It’s always good to show that poetry isn’t the little depressed lyric people believe it to be, that it’s something bigger. (Lyric Quotes) This proves that great lyric poetry can die, be reborn, die again, but will always remain one of the most outstanding creations of the human soul. (Lyric Quotes) Sometimes I’ll listen to a lyric and I’ll be so pissed off that I didn’t write it (Lyric Quotes) I like to get a vibe first, then a melody and really beat up the melody for a while, then try and find a lyric that really suits him/her. (Lyric Quotes)

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