Lyric Writing Gifts

'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.'

Unforgettable, that's what you are... Gnat King Cole

Rejected Titles For The Canadian National Anthem.

'As I walk through the halls, I see teachers teaching and students learning and I say to myself, 'what wonderful school, what a wonderful world.''

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

Jeff Tweedy caricature.

"This next song is just a song. Try not to read anything into it."

'Actually, I don't get out much. I spend most of my time alone, writing lyrical novels celebrating nature and the interconnectedness of all living things!'

Blues artis's daily list

Never write a sonnet on an empty stomach

"I always thought love made the world go round."

Mother Goose's Haiku

Robbie Williams

Intellectual Foreplay...

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

We never roam anymore.

'Cole Porter has the lyrics checked'

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

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

"Yes, 'the lion sleeps tonight', I know the tune, but it means it's had a good feed during the day, which is not really a good thing..."

Olden Day Battle of the Bands (Bard vs Sonnet).

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

"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.'"

Joan Jett

Vasiliy Lebedev-Kumach

"How come they remember every word of any pop song but not a single line of poetry?"

'Yes, I know the Beatles said 'all you need is love,' but they also said 'just give me money.''

"Here's a little song I wrote after hearing it on the radio."

"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."

"Do I take drugs? Hey man, you hum it and I'll sing it"

George Gershwin, Psychiatrist

'This next one I wrote myself. It's about pain, misery and heartbreak, until I finally wised up and dumped him.'

Noel Coward

'Moon, June...'

'Uh, Jake, I believe that should be 'and the skies are not cloudy all day,' not 'and we pour ourselves more Chardonnary.''