Lyric Luminary T-Shirts

'Then it's agreed. It doesn't have to rhyme.'

Lennon and McCartney.

Rejected Titles For The Canadian National Anthem.

The Hobby Store

How to Deal With Leftover Turkey

'He's written some great slogans and some great labels, but he's never written a great coupon.'

'The next piece contains sex, violence, and Homeric epithets.'

Jeff Tweedy caricature.

"Why do people think using big words is a bad thing?"

I'm a songbird. He's my lyricist.

'Cole Porter has the lyrics checked'

Tragedy! When the feeling's gone and you can't go on.

"I'm stuck for the 'June-moon' rhyme in Serbo-Croatian."

Nick Cave

"I feel that what would really give your next album a major boost would be some kind of well-publicized personal problem."

"Negotiations are at a crucial phase. We're desperately seeking more ways to say 'no'.''

"Well, we've for the melody down now, but I'm still not sure about the part where it goes, '...and they call the wind Dorcas Schnickelbaum.'"

'They call me the 'grandfather' of Hip-Hop!'

"Great moments in songwriting" "What if she had a little lamb?" "Maybe it follows her to school?" "Wouldn't that make the children laugh?" "Exactly."

Emergency Firebreaker

Vasiliy Lebedev-Kumach

'Would everyone please join hands for a moment? I'd like to try jump-starting this meeting!'

'This one writes some fine lyrics, and the other one has composed some beautiful music, but they just done't seem to hit it off as collaborators.'

"I don't do spells. I'm a wizard at deciphering rap lyrics."

James Russell Lowell

"Yeah, most people are surprised when they learn I'm actually a lyricist."

Noel Coward

Passover Plague

"Moon….June Croon….Loon… …Tycoon"

"Talk long-term commitment to me."

Leonard Cohen.

Algernon Swinburne

Dolores O'Riordan

"The company apparently lacks LEADERSHIP. We need to think about the possibility of setting up a policy group...."

"Since when did my opinions become 'riffs'?"