Lyrical Tone Quotes

To me, writing is a matter of voice. I think like that. The expression I sometimes use to myself is 'actual song.' That what I do is somewhere on the line between speaking to you as I am now and actual song. And the things I love when I say one of those poems to myself - it's a little bit like singing, it's a little bit like speaking.

The voice does go up in a poem. It is an address, even if it is to oneself.

He drew forth a phrase from his treasure and spoke it softly to himself: A day of dappled seaborne clouds.

I love the language, it sounds as if it should be writ on satin with syllables which breathe of the sweet South

'The Driver' kind of set the tone for what I wanted to say, and lyrically, it especially did.

The music that I write is often not necessarily full of doom and gloom. You'll notice in most of the darkest songs, the music is actually pretty peaceful and lulling.

Our sound is really hard metal but looks cute, and in some parts of the song the lyrics are really cute.

The earlier stuff is more like "this is happening to me," but now there are more songs that are accusatory or something, or more declaratory. I don't know where that voice comes from, like, "I've been down the road, we've been there and done that." That's sort of like a tougher style, or a less vulnerable style.