"Have you ever heard somebody sing some lyrics that you've never sung before, and you realize you've never sung the right words in that song? You hear them and all of a sudden you say to yourself, 'Life in the Fast Lane?' That's what they're saying right there? You think, 'why have I been singing 'wipe in the vaseline?' how many people have heard me sing 'wipe in the vaseline?' I am an idiot.'"
— Ellen DeGeneres (My Point...And I Do Have One)

"The more I live, the more I learn. The more I learn, the more I realize, the less I know."
— Michel Legrand

"So, you can make me come, that doesn't make you Jesus."
— Tori Amos

"'I am no king, and I am no lord,
And I am no soldier at-arms,' said he.
'I'm none but a harper, and a very poor harper,
That am come hither to wed with ye.'

'If you were a lord, you should be my lord,
And the same if you were a thief,' said she.
'And if you are a harper, you shall be my harper,
For it makes no matter to me, to me,
For it makes no matter to me.'

'But what if it prove that I am no harper?
That I lied for your love most monstrously?'
'Why, then I'll teach you to play and sing,
For I dearly love a good harp,' said she."
— Peter S. Beagle (The Last Unicorn)

"Am I the reason you breathe
Or am I the reason you cry?"
— Saliva

"The daydreamer's nightmare is to never even try"
— 10 Years

"I wanna heal i wanna feel
what i thought was never real
i wanna let go of the pain ive felt so long
erase all the pain til its gone.

I wanna heal i wanna feel
like im close to something real
i wanna let go of the pain ive felt so long
somewhere i belong."
— Linkin Park (Linkin Park - Meteora)

"Music blows lyrics up very quickly, and suddenly they become more than art. They become pompous and they become self-conscious ... I firmly believe that lyrics have to breathe and give the audience's ear a chance to understand what's going on. Particularly in the theater, where you not only have the music, but you've got costume, story, acting, orchestra. There's a lot to take in."
— Stephen Sondheim

"And I need you! Despite the fact that you killed all my plants!"
— Music and Lyrics

"I salute to you Commander
and I sneeze
'Cause I have Now
an Allergy
To your policies it seems

Where have we gone wrong America?
Mr. Lincoln we can't seem
to find you anywhere out of the millions
From the deserts
To the mountains
Over prairies
To the shores
Is this just the Madness of King George
Yo George
Is this just the Madness of King George
Yo George
Well you have the whole Nation
on all fours. "
— Tori Amos

"Thou shalt not use poetry, art or music to get into girls’ pants - use it to get into their heads."
— Scroobius Pip

"And I am a master of a nothing place
Of recoil and grace"
— Smashin Pumpkins The Beginning is the end is the beginning remix

"One difference between poetry and lyrics is that lyrics sort of fade into the background. They fade on the page and live on the stage when set to music."
— Stephen Sondheim

"We are the cause of a world that's gone wrong. Nature will survive us, we've been wrong after all. We are the cause of a world that's gone wrong. Wouldn't it be great to heal the world with only a song? (Sky is Over)"
— Serj Tankian

"The battle with the bottle is nothing so novel."
— Elvis Costello

"Walk this way"
— Aerosmith (The Best Of Aerosmith)

"Yeah I'm a country boy, but I'm a player too."
— Bubba Sparxxx

"On "I'm not gonna write you a love song":

I love to substitute the lyrics with "I'm not gonna give you a BLOW JOB/'cause you asked for it" and then fill in the rest with what you will.
"
— Mattomic