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A Quote by Leslie Bricusse

Writing songs and lyrics is not that different from doing the 'Times' crossword every morning. They both give you a good mental workout. — © Leslie Bricusse

Writing songs and lyrics is not that different from doing the 'Times' crossword every morning. They both give you a good mental workout.

Leslie Bricusse

Leslie Bricusse

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Leslie Bricusse

Leslie Bricusse
English - Composer
Born: January 29, 1931

I do the 'New York Times' crossword puzzle every morning to keep the old grey matter ticking.

Carol Burnett

Carol Burnett

I would say the songs that have different lyrics. I always write the music first, and there's a couple of songs on this box set that have different lyrics from what ended up on the final recording.

Billy Joel

Billy Joel

My favourite thing is to do crossword puzzles. I do the 'New York Times' one every morning. Then I go to the barn to see my horse.

Amber Heard

Amber Heard

The lyrics are different from Nick Cave songs and lyrics. His songs are very narrative.

Stephen Malkmus

Stephen Malkmus

I don't think writing open-ended lyrics is necessarily an important part of writing good pop songs.

Lewis Capaldi

Lewis Capaldi

I used to print out lyrics from Nas songs and write my own lyrics in the same syllable count but with different words and different rhymes.

Vic Mensa

Vic Mensa

I always tell my writing students that every good piece of writing begins with both a mystery and a love story. And that every single sentence must be a poem. And that economy is the key to all good writing. And that every character has to have a secret.

Silas House

Silas House

Every day, I write. I have a writing period - it's usually in the morning - or I'm writing songs.

Bill Ward

Bill Ward

I'm writing a record of comedy songs. I'm doing all these collaborations with artists. I bring them lyrics and they write the music to it.

Margaret Cho

Margaret Cho

I've found that writing novels is an all-absorbing experience - both physical and mental - and I have to do it every day in order to keep the rhythm, to keep myself focused on what I'm doing.

Paul Auster

Paul Auster

From a lifestyle standpoint, for every workout that you do, give yourself $5 to buy a piece of clothing to inspire your next workout.

Anna Kaiser

Anna Kaiser

I write almost all my songs on an acoustic guitar, even if they turn into rock songs, hard rock songs, metal songs, heavy metal songs, really heavy songs... I love writing on an acoustic because I can hear what every string is doing; the vibrations haven't been combined in a collision of distortion or effects yet.

Corey Taylor

Corey Taylor

I write almost all my songs on an acoustic guitar, even if they turn into rock songs, hard rock songs, metal songs, heavy metal songs, really heavy songs I love writing on an acoustic because I can hear what every string is doing; the vibrations haven't been combined in a collision of distortion or effects yet.

Corey Taylor

Corey Taylor

Acting and making music are quite complementary. Acting relies on someone else's writing and direction; writing music or lyrics doesn't. But they are both creative and personal in completely different ways.

Josephine de La Baume

Josephine de La Baume

When I was younger it was a lot of quantity over quality. Just writing, writing, writing. Hundreds of songs. Now it's fewer songs. If I write 10 songs I believe 80 percent of them are good and gonna be used.

Lights

Lights

It's been neat to find out different writing strategies. I've been in the room with so many different writers. Sometimes, you write with tracks, and other times, with acoustic guitars. That's been really a cool thing, because it brings out different lyrics with you.

Kane Brown

Kane Brown

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