Lyricist Quotes

Beware of barking at underdogs; don't fight with people who have nothing to lose.

April in Paris, chestnuts in blossom, holiday tables under the trees.

If happy little bluebirds fly beyond the rainbow, why oh why can't I?

What good is sitting alone in your room? Come hear the music play;

Life is a cabaret, old chum, Come to the cabaret.

Blue moon you saw me standing alone Without a dream in my heart Without a love of my own.

Life is a cabaret, old chum! Come to the Cabaret.

Oh, innocent victims of Cupid, remember this terse little verse: To let a fool kiss you is stupid. To let a kiss fool you is worse.

Someday I'll wish upon a star.

It's just life, so keep dancing through.

Some things I cannot change, but 'til I try I'll never know.

I am one of the last of a small tribe of troubadours, who still believe that life is a beautiful and exciting journey with a purpose and grace which are well worth singing about.

I'm through accepting limits ''cause someone says they're so Some things I cannot change But till I try, I'll never know! Too long I've been afraid of Losing love I guess I've lost Well, if that's love It comes at much too high a cost!

I believe if I refuse to grow old, I can stay young 'til I die.

Follow the yellow brick road.

They who meet on an April night are forever lost in love, if there's moonlight all about and there's no moon above.

Wide awake I can make my most fantastic dreams come true.

For you wake one day, look around and say, somebody wonderful married me.

How we love sequestering, where no pests are pestering.

I've heard it said that people come into our lives for a reason Bringing something we must learn And we are led to those who help us most to grow If we let them and we help them in return.

Words make you think a thought. Music makes you feel a feeling. A song makes you feel a thought.

To dream the impossible dream, to reach the unreachable star!

Dream the impossible dream, Fight the unbeatable foe, Strive with your last ounce of courage, to reach the unreachable star.

This we learn from Watergate that almost any creep'll be glad to help the Government overthrow the people.

Tiptoe through the tulips with me.

My whole family has been having trouble with immigrants ever since we came to this country.

Don't wish. Don't Start. Wishing only wounds the heart.

So much of me is made of what I learned from you;

you'll be with me like a handprint on my heart and now whatever way our stories end I know you have re-written mine by being my friend

Tranquil as a forest, but on fire within, once you find your center, you are sure to win.

I took one look at you That's all I meant to do And my heart stood still.

Ding-dong, the wicked witch is dead.

The greatest romance in the life of a lyricist is when the right word meets the right note; often, however, a Park Avenue phrase elopes with a Bleecker Street chord, resulting in a shotgun wedding and a quickie divorce.

I am a rebel by birth... I contest anything that is unjust, that causes suffering in humanity. My feelings about that are so strong, I don't think I could live with myself if I weren't honest.

We can't all come and go by bubble!

And Goodness knows The Wicked's lives are lonely Goodness knows The Wicked die alone

A blank page of paper and a pen is the greatest invention its so exciting to be confronted by possibility.

The world would be a safer place, If someone had a plan, Before exploring outer space, To find the inner man.

Let the green girl go!

When hard times come, the greatest danger does not necessarily lie in the circumstances we face, but rather in the way we treat ourselves at the time. Nothing is more dangerous than self-hate. Nothing makes it more difficult to heal or to find the grace of peace than self-attack and the agony of self-doubt.

The only good thing about America is that you killed John Lennon.

Excuse me, there's no pretense here. I happen to be genuinely self-absorbed and deeply shallow.

Its time to trust my instincts, close my eyes and leap

The Lord made Adam, the Lord made Eve, he made 'em both a little bit naive.

Unrequited love's a bore.

Life is what you do while you're waiting to die... Life is how the time goes by

Once I built a railroad; now it's done. Brother, can you spare a dime?

I'm a great believer in conversational rhythm.

I think in terms of rhythmic dialogue. It's so easy, you can talk naturally. It's like peas rolling off a knife. Take the great screen actors and actresses, Bette Davis, Eddie Robinson, Jimmy Cagney, Spencer Tracy. They all talk in rhythm. And rhythm and movement are the life of the screen.

Her beauty was sold for an old man's gold. She's a bird in a gilded cage.

If literature or music can make you think or become aware, then it's done something. That's what we've always wanted to do, just ignite sparks in people's minds. We can't offer a manifesto of how to make your life better.

When love congeals It soon reveals The faint aroma of performing seals, The double-crossing of a pair of heels. I wish I were in love again!

Songs are the pulse of a nation's heart. A fever chart of its health.