Meaningful Lyrics Quotes

The music I grew up listening to had a message.

All my songs mean something to me.

Drinking and partying never appealed to me in lyrics - they don't have a lot of meaning behind them.

My parents' example of a loving, caring relationship, I think, has affected my songwriting a ton and allowed me to start writing love songs that people could connect to without sounding like you're being cheesy, because they're coming from a real place, something that I saw coming up. I think they're a huge influence on my songwriting.

The artists with lyrical content and who say something seem to outlast the fad rappers - I always noticed that.

This thing that I do with caring about the message in my music, it's not separate from my work as a commercial artist; they're totally one and the same. I'm always going to be thinking about what my voice means.

Some people have the gift where they can just sing. I don't have the fail-safe voice, so it has to be something that I need to sing about.

Extreme volume in music very often disguises a lack of actually important content.

I don't want to sing songs that aren't worth while. Time is so rare. I just don't want to waste the listener's time and I think that my songs don't do that. That's what I pray for. I want songs that really touch people's hearts.

A protest song is a song that's so specific that you cannot mistake it for bullshit.

I have to take what I say and make it heavy, so every single bar means something. And there's no riddles in my rhymes. Every single word means something.

When you're looking for good lyrics, you turn to Kendrick Lamar, you turn to J Cole, you turn to Wale, you turn to Chance the Rapper, you turn to Rapsody. You don't turn to Post Malone.

We singers have a different level of responsibility from other musicians. We have words that we must convey; we have meanings that we must convey through these lyrics.

I don't like lyrics to be overbearing. I like them to say something. But I'm not trying to change the world overnight. Something simple and understandable that people can relate their own everyday experiences to.

Maybe if my songs feel personal, that's very nice. I like that. I take that as a great compliment.

Every song I've ever written has been based in reality, based in fact, things that happen to me.

It's fun having songs about parties and gigolos, but I really wanted to use my music as a form of art. Art is supposed to spark conversation and make people think, and I wanted to do that with this song.

A lyric has to mean something to me, something that has happened to me.

For me, lyrics are the most important thing in a song. And if they don't have meaning, I would never sing them - unless and until someone who loves your work asks me to do so.

I've always felt that some of my best lyrics are less than three minutes long, and it's great when you can do that - be succinct and get the message across in a simple, clear idea.

When I'm writing, I mean what I'm saying - there's a lot of me in each song.

I believe in working with songs that have personal value for me.

Success is good, but I have seen the other side. I don't think much about it. I just work towards making a good melody, with catchy yet meaningful lyrics, and as I'm a music producer and arranger myself, I know the sound I need.

Everything in life influences my music. I've always used songwriting as a means to share what I think is profound.