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In a song, you have to have a lyric that gives us new ideas on how to live, a lyric that makes us feel, and a melody that gives you some kind of body response and emotional response.

— Jennifer Warnes

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

Lyrics can be important, but ultimately, what pulls people in on a song is melody and the tracks and the way music feels.

— Babyface

Music is very nebulous, and you can conjure up a lot of moods with music. But lyrics - they're a lot more tangible. They're much more specific. And you want to say something meaningful and creative and artistic and that tells a story and that takes people someplace else.

— Sarah McLachlan

As a writer, I find it very satisfying when a lyric suddenly ties together more neatly than you expected it to. But for the listener, hearing a good lyric is not generally as exciting as hearing a great beat or a great riff or a great melody or even a distinctive singing voice for the first time.

— Adam Schlesinger

What makes a great song - you don't put it into words. You feel it. The perfect lyric. The perfect melody. It makes you feel something.

— Diane Warren

Really, music is what I'm interested in, and the lyric part of it came from just having to have something to sing.

— Adam Schlesinger

A good idea for lyrics and a melody to expand on.

— Gordon Waller

Anything is food for starting a song. A song can start with a lyric idea or a melody or just a sound that inspires.

— Alison Goldfrapp

Even if I'm writing music, it's with a lyric in mind, to communicate some kind of feeling.

— Cass McCombs

I'm a lyric man - I'm always looking for meaningful songs.

— Tom Jones

✗Opposing Perspectives

Music doesn't have to have lyrics; it doesn't have to be a particular type of music - it has the ability to bring out really strong and hopefully good emotional reactions in people.

— Tom Scholz