Food was always a focus for us, lyrically.

Lyrically, I personally lean towards venting.

I'm lyrically driven, I'm not musically driven.

I'm the Most Lyrically Flamboyant Artist of All Time.

Lyrically, 'Nightmare' is an absolute masterpiece to me.

I just don't write musically, but lyrically, yeah I write.

Lyrically, country music is the most satisfying music for me.

We all knew how talented K.Dot is. We knew how dope he was lyrically.

Lyrically and melodically, Drake was definitely a big influence of mine.

Lyrically, I've always thought about albums as a record of a period of time.

Lyrically, the most important thing for me is, how can I tell a cohesive story?

People know, lyrically, I go in, and you should never take me lightly on any record.

The songs that work best are broad lyrically and have one strong concept in the metaphor.

I may not be as lyrically adept as Jay-Z and Morrissey, but at least I can sing what I feel.

'Astral Weeks' is a brilliant album, and songs like 'Moondance' are just beautiful lyrically.

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

Lyrically, there's a lot of songs that are influenced by my wife. They're about my wife and I.

Certainly, the Beach Boys and the early Beatles records were a huge influence on me lyrically.

I always start with the music and then try to figure out what I want to write about lyrically.

I'm a huge fan of Joni Mitchell, and I think her music has inspired me lyrically and guitar-wise.

Lyrically we tried to just not be the same as a lot of the other crap that is out there right now.

Whether lyrically or musically, it reaches in there and grabs your soul. That's the stuff I gravitate toward.

So much of listening to lyrically driven music is projecting your own feelings and experiences into the music.

I think one thing that's amazing about 'Resurrection' is that we weren't afraid to lay it all out there lyrically.

When I was a kid, we got in a cipher and battled each other lyrically. We told jokes and made the hottest dance moves.

I'm trying to change the root of funk, trying to make it more progressive, more melodic and more lyrically structured.

I was so excited to do 'Slow' with Matoma. The song is lyrically so beautiful, and the production brings it all to life.

You cannot have black music without something soulful in it, whether it's lyrically, how it's performed, or how it's expressed.

I was the biggest Public Enemy fan - I think it's what inspired the aggression of N.W.A. We just took a different route lyrically.

Sean was a lot shyer lyrically in his solo career. I think because his father was such a great lyricist it was hard to tackle that.

The Clash were the first big love of my life. Lyrically, they inspired me to get out, explore life, and maybe kick some doors down.

That's why we do this. In country music, we do this for this very reason... to impact people lyrically, to be a part of their lives.

My goal every time I make a record is just to make the funkiest, the best music I could possibly make, both lyrically, and music-wise.

I hope people describe my music as lyrically driven, cross genre. Kind of alternative, kind of indie, kind of rap, kind of everything.

It's always my mission to try to do something that hasn't been done before, whether that's musically, lyrically or in terms of mixing.

We've never been your traditional rock-pop band. Lyrically, I've always had more of an interest in spirituality and that kind of thing.

I never felt like there were things I couldn't express lyrically in Vampire Weekend. I was always proud of everything that we wrote together.

When I first started, I thought I was wack. Lyrically, I thought I was wack. The thing I had over everybody was that I was the realest rapper.

Lyrically I like to use themes that make the listener use his or her imagination, and to give a little of the lessons I've learned in my own life.

I can't bring myself to release an instrumental album because I feel like I want some meat on the bone. Something to chew on, lyrically and content-wise.

What I love about each album is the opportunity to expand on what we've done in the past - to push myself and the band creatively, vocally, and lyrically.

I just want to get to that point where I'm able to fully create music that's good lyrically and quality-wise as far as the way it's knocking and everything.

Our first radio single, 'The Stage,' was eight-and-a-half minutes long. Unabashedly, we wanted to push the limits musically, lyrically, and instrumentation-wise.

Music critics think of lyrics first and don't consider melody but so many songs are lyrically depressing but musically great, and that's why they become classics.

Lyrically, you know, most of the things on 'Rumours' were very autobiographical and very much conversations the three writers were having with other members of the band.

I think rap in general allows you to be more lyrically expressive. It's a lot easier to state your identity, as opposed to with a guitar making all these weird metaphors.

By the age of 17, Wayne was confident. He knew, 'This is what I am. I'm an MC.' You had Missy Elliott saying she loved Lil Wayne. Lyrically, he was getting better and better.

Lyrically, I think I'm frustrated with this whole process of trying to figure out what I believe about the world and life. I don't like to adopt a sort of guiding philosophy.

After I wrote 'The Best Of Times' for my dad and after I completed the '12 Steps Suite' with Dream Theater, I very much felt like I had said everything I wanted to say lyrically.

For some music, lyrically, the best move is to keep it simple in what it is that you are saying, and just kind of come across in your rhythm and the way that you lock in on the music.

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