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My lyrics are for strong, independent women who are both smart and fashionable.
Shameik Moore
Women
Strong
Smart
Lyrics
Independent
Both
Who
Fashionable
If you listen to most of my songs, the lyrics are pretty kind of dark, but I like to put it behind happy music because then it evens it out... I'm really happy, actually. Obviously I have my bad moments, but I always challenge myself to not put negativity out there because there's already enough.
Shamir
Music
Myself
You
Happy
Dark
Challenge
Enough
Negativity
Lyrics
Out
Kind
Bad
Pretty
Songs
Put
Like
Most
Obviously
Because
Always
Listen
Behind
Happy Music
Then
Really
Moments
Actually
We all love to sing along with our favorite songs. We sing in the car, in the shower, and at the karaoke bar. The problem is that half the time we don't know what we're singing. We're making up lyrics as we go along and hoping no one will notice.
Shawn Amos
Love
Time
Problem
Car
Will
Half
Singing
Our
Lyrics
Favorite
Hoping
No-One
Songs
Along
Know
Sing
Half The Time
Making
Making Up
Go
Up
Bar
Notice
Karaoke
Shower
When I'm writing with John Leventhal, the music that he's written mostly comes first. And I'll write the lyrics and the melody.
Shawn Colvin
Music
Writing
First
Lyrics
Melody
John
Write
He
Written
Mostly
I started writing lyrics out of desperation. I was broke and wondering where my next job, my next meal was coming from, although I had had several successful revue songs on Broadway.
Sheldon Harnick
Writing
Desperation
Job
Meal
Lyrics
Several
Broadway
Broke
Out
Had
Songs
Although
Coming
Wondering
Where
Successful
Next
Started
I only like songs with strong lyrics.
Shikhar Dhawan
Strong
Lyrics
Only
Songs
Like
I can't be bothered to learn Final Draft. I'm not a technical person. Like, when I sing, I just want to sing the melody and write the lyrics.
Sia
Final
Final Draft
Lyrics
Melody
Bothered
Write
Like
Sing
Learn
Person
Just
Want
Technical
Draft
I think 'Adiye/Yadike' is unique and fresh and something new for Indian films. It brings together the blues and gospel feel with Tamil folk lyrics.
Sid Sriram
Together
Think
Films
Lyrics
Folk
Indian
Something
Something New
Feel
New
Gospel
Fresh
Blues
Unique
Brings
When it comes to 'Maruvaarthai,' I have said many a time that Carnatic music drives my creative influence. In that sense, Darbuka Siva gave me a lot of room to breathe with the melody. The instrumental, however, was grounded. The lyrics is just poetic, and phonetically, they sound beautiful.
Sid Sriram
Beautiful
Music
Time
Me
Creative
Sense
Gave
Lyrics
Melody
Poetic
Drives
Instrumental
Said
Sound
However
Lot
Just
Influence
Room
Breathe
Grounded
Many
I always start with writing vocal melodies before writing lyrics.
Sigrid
Writing
Before
Lyrics
Melodies
Vocal
Always
Start
I remember when I started writing lyrics, I was very grand. I tried to use a lot of symbols,because I thought that's how songwriting should be - with imagery and metaphor. I figured, after a while, maybe I should just write it as I would say in real life.
Sigrid
Life
Writing
Remember
Thought
Real Life
Lyrics
Say
Would
Tried
Write
Remember When
Songwriting
How
Metaphor
Real
Lot
Very
Maybe
Just
After
Grand
While
Should
Use
Figured
Imagery
Started
There's this one song called 'Final Warning' that I'm really excited about because I love the contrast of my vocal sounding very soothing and my harsh lyrics.
Skylar Grey
Love
Song
Final
Lyrics
Harsh
About
Vocal
Excited
Soothing
Because
Very
Contrast
Really
Warning
I sit a lot with my lyrics - I don't write just to write or put a line in just to have one. Everything has to mean something to me.
Snoh Aalegra
Me
Sit
Lyrics
Everything
Something
Write
Put
Line
Lot
Just
Mean
I love 'Sunday in the Park with George.' I saw that when I was just, just starting theater school, and I remember singing 'Finishing the Hat' or at least reading the lyrics to 'Finishing the Hat' and other songs from 'Sunday in the Park with George' to my mom to try to explain why I wanted to be an artist.
Stephen Colbert
Love
Mom
Remember
School
Try
Sunday
Singing
Reading
Other
Lyrics
Saw
Hat
Park
Finishing
Songs
Least
George
Artist
Just
Wanted
Theater
Explain
Why
Starting
If a voice is just too nice, without an edge, it kinda all flows by. You forget it. You don't listen to the lyrics.
Stephen Malkmus
You
Edge
Nice
Too
Lyrics
Kinda
Voice
Without
Forget
Listen
Just
Flows
Lyrics have to be underwritten. That's why poets generally make poor lyric writers because the language is too rich. You get drowned in it.
Stephen Sondheim
You
Language
Rich
Too
Lyric
Lyrics
Poets
Writers
Generally
Drowned
Make
Because
Get
Poor
Why
One of the hardest things about writing lyrics is to make the lyrics sit on the music in such a way that you're not aware there was a writer there.
Stephen Sondheim
Music
You
Writing
Sit
Lyrics
Way
About
Writer
Make
Such A Way
Aware
Hardest
Things
I like to write music. And I think exploring with lyrics and figuring out how to make complete songs is fun. I think I have a take on it. I don't know if it's great, but it's an interesting take. It's original.
Stone Gossard
Music
Great
Think
Complete
Lyrics
Out
Write
Take
Songs
Like
Know
Make
How
Interesting
Exploring
Figuring
Fun
Original
'Spring Day' - I wrote main lyrics based on my personal experience with old friends. It is about my sad memories with him, and it makes me sentimental whenever I listen to the song.
Suga
Sad
Day
Me
Memories
Experience
Song
Old
Spring
Old Friends
Lyrics
About
Main
Wrote
Him
Makes
Friends
Personal
Personal Experience
Listen
Whenever
Sentimental
Based
I arranged 'DT Suga,' which I previously used in lyrics, backwards. 'DT' is D Town and refers to my hometown. I like the meaning, and it sounds cool when I say it, so I think I'll continue using this name when I work externally. I also like how the mixtape came out in August.
Suga
Work
Backwards
Think
Lyrics
Say
Out
Name
Town
Like
Also
Arranged
How
Sounds
Came
Continue
August
Which
Meaning
Used
Cool
Using
Hometown
Usually when we go in to cut demos, one of us will lay down some mumbling sort of stuff for the vocal melodies because the lyrics don't come until later.
Synyster Gates
Will
Down
Lyrics
Later
Melodies
Some
Vocal
Lay
Stuff
Come
Until
Sort
Because
Go
Demos
Cut
Us
I'm really loving Billie Eilish's 'idontwannabeyouanymore.' Her dreamy vocals offer such a lovely moment of escape, and there's a sophistication to the lyrics that are so surprising coming from a teen artist.
Tan France
Teen
Lyrics
Vocals
Sophistication
Coming
Surprising
Escape
Offer
Artist
Lovely
Loving
Really
Moment
Her
My lyrics are my diary - you're hearing every detail of my life.
Taylor Momsen
Life
You
My Life
Every
Lyrics
Detail
Hearing
Diary
I take pride in lyrics. I take pride in music and staying on beat and being on key.
Tech N9ne
Music
Key
Pride
Lyrics
Staying
Beat
Take
Being
Lyrical poetry is not a big part of most people's lives. Twitter now becomes an interesting way of getting cared for language into people's space. Because there is something deep inside of us that responds to cared for language, whether it's literary, poetry, or really good lyrics in a song.
Teju Cole
Good
People
Song
Space
Language
Big
Twitter
Lyrical
Lyrics
Way
Responds
Inside
Something
Poetry
Part
Most
Because
Becomes
Big Part
Getting
Literary
Whether
Interesting
Interesting Way
Us
Really
Deep
Deep Inside
Now
Lives
Cared
I want to make an album with just great beats and big vocals and just amazing lyrics.
Tessanne Chin
Great
Amazing
Big
Lyrics
Vocals
Beats
Make
Just
Want
Album
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