Quotes About Expression

If I have a thought, I say it. If I keep it down, it's because I'm waiting for a good moment for me to say my piece. That's a luxury we have in our society, but parts of the world still don't have it.

I'm almost able to be more honest by lying. By making everything up, I'm able to say what I really want to.

Any writer who says he loves writing is crazy. Or lying.

Lying and art are very allied. But after you lie, you get to the truth.

I think percussions just been lying dormant in me for some time, and my musical aspirations have been unlocked now I have the time.

Lynyrd Skynyrd has always been about writing songs and talking to people through them. That's what we do, and that's what we'll keep doing for as long as we can.

I usually start with a lyric and see where that takes me.

I'm always creating. Whether I'm writing a lyric or making a beat, every day I'm doing something.

For me, whenever I choose a song to sing, it's about the lyric first.

I'm a real stickler for a great lyric, or what I think is a great lyric. It's almost impossible for me to sing a song I don't love. My thing is: If it's a great lyric, you can do anything with the song.

I've always seen my drumming as lyrical anyway.

The original 'Don't Let It Get to You' started with a beat. The drums came first. All the musical and lyrical elements were written over those drums.

I'm not tryin' to come off as the best lyricist.

I've never considered myself a lyricist, but I have stuff to say.

I think I'm a good lyricist.

I'm actually a true lyricist.

I just think it was because I was known as a lyricist that's what people only wanted to hear that from me. If you're an artist you have to expand, you have to grow.

Most times, lyrics are the last thing I listen to, being a musician.

MCs are authors, and rock musicians who write lyrics are authors, to a degree.

Rap lyrics are really the only thing I've ever written.

I might lie a lot but never in my lyrics.

We don't analyze our lyrics.

Lyrics are really important for me.

I stand behind all the lyrics I've ever written; I don't have a problem with that.