Musical Lyricist Gifts

"You've got to accentuate the positive, eliminate the negative, latch on to the affirmative, don't mess with mister inbetween!"

Bob Dylan Fan Club

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

Blues artis's daily list

Fuzz - Fuzzy writes a song with a positive message.

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

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

"Yes, I know, Munger. But Wallace Stevens didn't scribble his damned verses on company time."

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

'Cole Porter has the lyrics checked'

"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..."

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

"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."

"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.'"

Vasiliy Lebedev-Kumach

'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.'

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

'Moon, June...'

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

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

"Moon….June Croon….Loon… …Tycoon"

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

How to play violin while reading a book...

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

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

Dolores O'Riordan

Musical pill box

'I know.. Let's write a song all about the evils of material wealth. After all, that last one netted us a bloody fortune!'

Rick decides to save his real lyrics for when someone is actually listening.

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