Lyrical Thinker Mugs

'The country just may not be ready for patriotic rap.'

"I've got rhythm, music, my girl - check. But somehow I still want more."

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

Rejected Titles For The Canadian National Anthem.

Shakespeare was bisexual

'Never mind singing it in rap... a simple 'I do' will suffice.'

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

'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.''

'Larry liked to crack the window before bed.'

'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."

Jeff Tweedy caricature.

Andre Gide.

Shakespeare working on his "author's bio"

'That's the new guy. He writes our 'shuck-and-jive' press releases.'

"As Tom gets nostalgic to Don McLean's 'American Pie,' baby Charles utters his first words... Too long."

"What can you do with him?"

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

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

We never roam anymore.

The Modern Godot

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

'Cole Porter has the lyrics checked'

"This is my own arrangement...of a song I wrote...about me."

'You are in court today, so I've got to take you into make up.'

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

"I don't know how this ends. . ."

A rose is a rose is a rose

"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."

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

Well, yes, it's a free library, but...

"Because it's got a goddam crack in it, that's why."

The Greatest Mime in the World

Vasiliy Lebedev-Kumach

It's not a figure of speech - this is the corporate ladder.