Lyricist Quotes

I love a good lyricist - always have. The thing that inspired me most was the different performers, like Tina Turner, James Brown, Michael Jackson, Madonna, even Janet Jackson.
Jennifer Lopez

Love, Good, Different

It was very difficult for me to be the only lyricist in the band.
Steven Tyler

Difficult, Band

Drake, I'd like to collaborate with. He's a phenomenal lyricist. Probably the best rapper in the world at the moment. I love Kanye but there's something about Drake; he's more straight up, really clever and really poetic and metaphorical - I love that. He's just clever.
Ellie Goulding

Love, Best, Moment

I'm not tryin' to come off as the best lyricist.
Missy Elliot

Best, Off, Tryin

I feel like I want to write some songs and I don't know how to go about doing it. Usually it's the lyrics that are a problem, and I think I am not really cut out to be a lyricist.
Mike Gordon

Problem, Write, Songs

A lot of the great songwriters in history have been collaborators, with a separate lyricist.
Mike Gordon

Great, History, Separate

As a songwriter, I was influenced by David Bowie - a great writer. A class above everybody in so many ways. Lennon and McCartney, of course. Class stuff. David Cousins was my favorite lyricist.
Rick Wakeman

Great, Everybody, Stuff

I'm not a fast, stream-of-consciousness lyricist at all - I know some guys who are, and if there is one skill I wish I had, it's that.
Jonny Lang

Wish, Guys, Fast

One thing a lyricist must learn is not to fall in love with his own lines. Once you learn that, you can walk away from the lyric and look at it with a reasonable degree of objectivity.
Hal David

Love, Away, Learn

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