Lyricist 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.'

'...when all at once I saw a bunch, a bunch of golden daffodils...no, it still doesn't sound right.'

Rejected Titles For The Canadian National Anthem.

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

"The days of great lyrics are over. Let's aim for greeting card lyrics."

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

"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.'"

Stephen Sondheim, 1930-2021

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

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

"Buck, Duck, Luck, Muck...." - Rap Rhyming Dictionary

'Cole Porter has the lyrics checked'

Vasiliy Lebedev-Kumach

Noel Coward

'So you're an elegist out of touch with the zeitgeist. You'll live.'

The art of wrapping.

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

"I'm a songbird, so I'm the band leader. You're a hummingbird, so you can't write lyrics and you're a mockingbird who can't write original music."

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

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

Dolores O'Riordan

Somewhere Over The Rainbow

"Before I go in, just what did Billy Joe McCaluster throw off the Talihatchie bridge?"

"Moon….June Croon….Loon… …Tycoon"

"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."

"It's going to be my first protest song, as soon as I can figure out some words that rhyme with 'Napster,' 'Bertelsmann,' and 'service charge.'"

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

Tarzan The Musical

'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.''

Jeff Tweedy caricature.

Blues artis's daily list

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

Fuzz - Fuzzy writes a song with a positive message.

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

Nick Cave