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But I always loved songs with great lyrics. -- Johnny Ramistella
As a lyricist, you love to hear other great lyrics or other great concepts. -- Alicia Keys
You can have a great lyric and a so-so melody; it's going to be a tough sell. -- Herb Alpert
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. -- Eugenio Montale
If you can say the lyrics almost like a poem and they stand up, that's a great thing. Some songs have great lyrics and I don't like the melodies, and vice versa. -- Harry Connick, Jr.
There will always be some kid who's the new Kurt Cobain writing great lyrics and singing from his soul. The problem is they're not marketing that anymore or putting it out there. -- Rosanna Arquette
Sometimes, the best songs are the ones you write without any pen and paper or audio recording device or guitar in your hands. Because there's nothing between you and the melody; it's just a great lyric. -- Jon Foreman
We human beings are tuned such that we crave great melody and great lyrics. And if somebody writes a great song, it's timeless that we as humans are going to feel something for that and there's going to be a real appreciation. -- Art Garfunkel
Mozart combines serenity, melancholy, and tragic intensity into one great lyric improvisation. Over it all hovers the greater spirit that is Mozart's - the spirit of compassion, of universal love, even of suffering - a spirit that knows no age, that belongs to all ages. -- Leonard Bernstein
If you ever want to know why I'm not on a record label, look at 'The X Factor!' Honestly, of all the people that strive to break barriers in music and do good things and write great lyrics, not one of them would ever pass the first round on any of these competitions. -- John Lydon
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. -- Stephen Malkmus
What makes a great song - you dont put it into words. You feel it. The perfect lyric. The perfect melody. It makes you feel something. -- Diane Warren
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. -- Diane Warren
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." -- Eugenio Montale
Tom Sleigh's poetry is hard-earned and well founded. I great admire the way it refuses to cut emotional corners and yet achieves a sense of lyric absolution. -- Seamus Heaney
In those days, it didn't take much imagination to come up with something that required great lyric development skills. You just thought of an experience that you might have gone through, and write it down. -- Phil Harris

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