Lyricist Mugs

'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.'

"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

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

Dolores O'Riordan

Somewhere Over The Rainbow

"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.''

Blues artis's daily list

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

Fuzz - Fuzzy writes a song with a positive message.

"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).

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

"My next song is a little ditty about why I don't have any references."

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

'Moon, June...'

That special place in heaven reserved for undiscovered composers, writers and artists.