Quotes by Lyricists As a lyricist, you love to hear other great lyrics or other great concepts. Alicia Keys lyricists great-lyric concepts I'm certainly not a lyricist first. I prefer doing it intuitively and not really thinking about it so much. Daniel Rossen lyricists firsts thinking I dont want to work on a musical if Im not the lyricist. David Lindsay-Abaire lyricists musical want [Jeffrey Lewis is] The best lyricist working in the US today. Jarvis Cocker lyricists today I'm not tryin' to come off as the best lyricist. Missy Elliot lyricists Lyricists play with words. Paul McCartney lyricists play I don't think I'm the best lyricist; it's hard for me to express feelings through words. Ty Segall lyricists feelings thinking