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

'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.'

'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!'

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

Blues artis's daily list

Never write a sonnet on an empty stomach

Mother Goose's Haiku

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

Intellectual Foreplay...

'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."

"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.'"

"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."

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

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

Vasiliy Lebedev-Kumach

George Gershwin, Psychiatrist

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

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

'Moon, June...'

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