Content Dictates Form And Style.

Making Lyrics Feel Natural, Sit On Music In Such A Way That You Dont Feel The Effort Of The Author, So That They Shine And Bubble And Rise And Fall, Is Very, Very Hard To Do. Whereas You Can Sit At The Piano And Just Play And Feel Youre Making Art.

Everyone Tells Tiny Lies, What's Important Really Is The Size.

They All Deserve To Die. Even You, Mrs. Lovett Even I. Because The Lives Of The Wicked Should Be Made Brief For The Rest Of Us Death Would Be Relief.

The Worst Thing You Can Do Is Censor Yourself As The Pencil Hits The Paper. You Must Not Edit Until You Get It All On Paper. If You Can Put Everything Down, Stream-of-consciousness, You'll Do Yourself A Service.

Lyrics Have To Be Underwritten. That's Why Poets Generally Make Poor Lyric Writers Because The Language Is Too Rich. You Get Drowned In It.