44 Inspirational Lyrics Quotes

In a world where music often serves as the soundtrack to our lives, lyrics have the profound ability to connect with us on a deeply personal level. Words and melodies come together in harmony, offering solace, sparking motivation, and even transforming our outlook. This collection of 44 inspirational lyrics quotes is curated to uplift and inspire, capturing the essence of resilience, hope, and the human spirit. Whether you're seeking encouragement to chase your dreams or a reminder of life's simple joys, these powerful lines from beloved songs will resonate with your heart and soul. Join us as we dive into the poetic world of music, celebrating the remarkable impact of lyrical artistry.

1. “The more I live, the more I learn. The more I learn, the more I realize, the less I know.” - Michel Legrand

2. “Music blows lyrics up very quickly, and suddenly they become more than art. They become pompous and they become self-conscious ... I firmly believe that lyrics have to breathe and give the audience's ear a chance to understand what's going on. Particularly in the theater, where you not only have the music, but you've got costume, story, acting, orchestra. There's a lot to take in.” - Stephen Sondheim

3. “a lesson must be livedin order to be learnedand the clarity to see and stop this nowthat is what i've earned” - Ani DiFranco

4. “I fell for her in summer, my lovely summer girl,From summer she is made, my lovely summer girl,I’d love to spend a winter with my lovely summer girl,But I’m never warm enough for my lovely summer girl,It’s summer when she smiles, I’m laughing like a child,It’s the summer of our lives; we’ll contain it for a whileShe holds the heat, the breeze of summer in the circle of her handI’d be happy with this summer if it’s all we ever had.” - Maggie Stiefvater

5. “I am hated for loving.I am haunted for wanting.” - Morrissey

6. “My love, wherever you are - whatever you are - don't lose faith. I know it's gonna happen someday to you.” - Morrissey

7. “Last night I dreamt that somebody loved me.No hope, no harm; just another false alarm” - Morrissey

8. “Satan rejected my soul; as low as he goes,he never quite goes this low.” - Morrissey

9. “Oh, I can't help quoting you, because everything that you said rings true.” - Morrissey

10. “When you sleepI will creepInto your thoughtsLike a bad debtThat you can't payTake the easy wayand give in!” - Morrissey

11. “God, come down, if you're really there -Well, you're the one who claims to care!” - Morrissey

12. “To me you are a work of art, and I would give you my heart - that's if I had one.” - Morrissey

13. “I can chase you, and I can catch you,but there is nothing I can do to make you mine.” - Morrissey

14. “There's so much destruction all over the world - and all you can do is complain about ME!” - Morrissey

15. “Take the time to make some sense for what you wanna say,And cast your words away upon the waves.Sail them home with acquiesce on a ship of hope today,And as they land upon the shore,Tell them not to fear no more.I'm not saying right is wrong,It's up to us to make the best of all the things that come our way.Cos' everything that's been has past,The answers in the looking glass.There's four and twenty million doorsOn life's endless corridor,So say it loud and sing it proud today.” - Noel Gallagher

16. “It's always times like these when I think of you and I wonder if you ever think of me.” - Vanessa Carlton

17. “Twenty years of schooling and they put you on the day shift - look out out kid, they keep it all hid” - Bob Dylan

18. “When I’m home alone I just dance by myselfAnd you pull my head so close volume goes with the truthSigning off 'I’m alright in bed but I’m better with a pen'The kid was alright but it went to his head” - Fall Out Boy

19. “Only love can last.” - Madonna

20. “You can't take the sky from me.” - Joss Whedon

21. “Nightly you retrace your steps again to return to the scene of the crime. It's uncanny how you hover in the air of the wreckage that you left behind.” - Aimee Mann

22. “Something gets lost when you translate. It's hard to keep straight. Perspective is every thing.” - Aimee Mann

23. “The king of the jailhouse and the queen of the road think sharing the burden will lighten the load.” - Aimee Mann

24. “You drew a bird that was here, a kind of sweet chanticleer. But with a terrible fear that the cage couldn't tame” - Aimee Mann

25. “Life is a journey, not a destination; there are no mistakes, just chances we've taken.” - India.Arie

26. “[O]ne man's vulgarity is another's lyric.” - John Marshall Harlan

27. “They can take tomorrow and the plans we made They can take the music that we'll never play All the broken dreams, take everything Just take it away but they can never have yesterday They can take the future that we'll never know They can take the places that we said we would go All the broken dreams, take everything Just take it away but they can never have yesterday” - Leona Lewis

28. “A poet should be so crafty with words that he is envied even for his pains.” - Criss Jami

29. “Ah! Pauvre ami, comme il m'aimait!” - Massenet Jules

30. “Don't care what people sayJust follow your own wayDon't give up and use the chanceTo return to innocence.That's not the beginning of the endThat's the return to yourselfThe return to innocence.” - Enigma

31. “Music is the beat of a drum that keeps time with our emotions.” - Shannon L. Alder

32. “I think there is a song out there to describe just about any situation.” - Criss Jami

33. “The best ideas will eat at you for days, maybe even weeks, until something, some incident, some impulse, triggers you to finally express them.” - Criss Jami

34. “Nobody’s right if everybody’s wrong...For What It’s Worth” - Stephen Stills

35. “And my head told my heart"Let love grow"But my heart told my head"This time noThis time no” - Mumford and Sons

36. “It doesn't mean that much to me to mean that much to you.” - Neil Young

37. “Funny how a melody sounds like a memory.” - Eric Church

38. “Danger, Danger running cold              Knowing but fearing just the same               Death comes and yet you don’t let go              Standing while it’s steel bands hold              Don’t walk. Don’t walk where light can not shine              You know the warning has been told              It comes for what is mine and I know it will be so.             Let go, it’s all there is that’s left. Let go your sin has no wrath.              Danger was Hell’s last request.               Let go it’s all there is that’s left. Let go your sin has no wrath.              Forgiveness wasn’t given yet. Not yet. Not yet.              No regrets. ~ Dank Walker” - Abbi Glines

39. “You are my world, my everything You stupid girl, you're gonna be the death of me So let me go, just let me be You stupid girl, I love the way you're killing me (killing me) You stupid girl (killing me) You stupid girl” - Framing Hanley

40. “I didn't have a heart until I meet you.That smile is killin me too.I can't look away.Can I always stay?I can't look away.I need to stay.I didn't have a heart until I meet you.” - Jenni James

41. “Some things are better off forgottenWe bury them in places that we really only visit by ourselvesOh you were a version like no otherOh they never tell you what to do when all you see is goneWhat's the sense in anything when what they say is wrong?” - Stone Sour - Anna

42. “You own me with whispers like poetry.Your mouth is a melody I memorize.” - The Civil Wars The Tip of My Tongue lyrics

43. “Do you really enjoy living a life that's so hateful? 'Cause there's a hole where your soul should be, you're losing control of it, and it's really distasteful.” - Lily Allen

44. “You know I'm no good” - Amy Winehouse