Quotes by Lyrical I started as a lyrical singer. But it was through the pop universe that I reached international fame. Andrea Bocelli lyrical singers fame I have been accused of being a very simplistic, very lyrical player, and that's okay. That just comes from the blues, which is my background. But every day you wake up and transcend. You can't ever rest on your laurels. Carlos Santana lyrical wake-up player In my writing, I strive for a lyrical beauty somewhere between Tolkien at his best and Seamus Heaney's translation of Beowulf. Christopher Paolini lyrical strive writing There's a fierce practicality and empiricism which the whole imaginative, lyrical aspect of poetry comes from. David Whyte lyrical aspect fierce You can be a permanent fixture in my lyrical mixture. Eminem fixture lyrical mixtures I've always tried to be kind of poetic in my lyrical approach. Erik Rutan lyrical poetic be-kind Science produces an incomparably lyrical state in this man. Ernest Solvay lyrical states men Percussion is the most adaptable family of instruments. The biggest challenge is to project percussion in a lyrical way. Evelyn Glennie lyrical challenges way All the lyrical rappers I know is broke. French Montana lyrical broke rapper Still, the music was always there, and the lyrical capability was always threatening to show its head. George Michael lyrical threatening shows Anytime there is any lyrical meaning or combination in my mixes, it's very blatant. I'm not trying to make any statement or anything like that. Girl Talk lyrical combination trying I think I'm better than I was in my younger days, because I'm exploring deep lyrical material, and I've been sober for a while now. Glenn Hughes lyrical sober thinking The trumpet was not a lyrical singing instrument. Herb Alpert lyrical trumpets singing The duty of a lyrical poet is not to express or explain, it is to intensify life. James Stephens lyrical poet duty I don't get into heavy political numbers because I don't find them lyrical. James Taylor lyrical political numbers I've always seen my drumming as lyrical anyway. Jimmy Chamberlin drumming lyrical All lyrical work must, as a whole, be perfectly intelligible, but in some particulars a little unintelligible. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe lyrical poetry littles Logic , like lyrical poetry , is no employment for the middle-aged John Maynard Keynes lyrical employment logic I do have an obligation, however, a debt that cannot be settled by my lyrical decisions. My life will be judged by my obedience, not my ability to confine my lyrics to this box or that. Jon Foreman lyrical debt decision I don't think the nature of my poetry is satirical or even ironic, I think it's essentially lyrical but again I don't know if it's my position to say what my poetry is like. Kenneth Koch lyrical ironic thinking 12»