Why can't I delete songs on my iPhone 4S?

So on my music in my phone like almost all of my songs are no highlighted. So I can't click on them to play it or I can't do the swipe thing to delete them. I'm really confused.
What do I do?

Open Music
Open Songs
Swipe to the right
Press Delete

If that doesn't work… Restart the phone and try again.

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