Lyrics are the only thing to do with music that haven't been made easier technically.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I find it harder to write the lyrics afterwards because then you're just trying to fit them into something that's already there.
When there are no lyrics, people can picture what they want. It's a reflection of where they are in their lives. Music becomes a mirror.
I don't like to get too specific about lyrics. It places limitations on them, and spoils the listeners' interpretation.
I've gotten to a point where I don't want lyrics to mean anything.
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.
Lyrics are always misleading because they make people think that that's what the music is about.
Lyrics have become so dumbed down nowadays. People don't want to have to think about lyrics anymore, they just want to be told something. Until these great things started happening with us, I'd really given up on reaching people like that.
Lyrics can't do what they do - or should do - when you're creating a musical with rock lyrics. There's plenty of room for rock musicals, just not all rock musicals.
Lyrics can be important, but ultimately, what pulls people in on a song is melody and the tracks and the way music feels.
The lyrics are constructed as empirically as the music. I don't set out to say anything very important.