I love melodies so it's usually where I start.

Generally, I like Indian music because the melodies are usually not too complex, which is how I like music, and that's the way I…

— Kenny G

“All good stories usually start at the beginning.”

— The Fifth Estate

I usually start my day when my kids wake up.

— Anne Wojcicki

I usually start with a title or maybe a little rhyme or phrase.

— Harlan Howard

When you forget yourself, you usually start doing something others will remember.

— Tahj Mowry

I usually start with something that has some energy, like a compressed character or a situation that's wound up like a spring. Then all…

— Janet Fitch

I usually start with a lyric or a melody and then build a song around that.

— Grace Potter

That's usually how they start, the young ones. Meaningless waffle.

— Jonathan Stroud

I usually start with a repulsive character and go on from there.

— Chester Gould

There are not more than five musical notes, yet the combinations of these five give rise to more melodies than can ever be heard.There…

— Sun Tzu

Singing in Spanish is much more honest, much closer to my roots. For me, Spanish is essential. I still think in Spanish, dream in…

— Juanes

At times I have a beat first and then I write. Sometimes I have a melody in my head and I pick up the…

— Nneka

There are no rules or certain methods. I usually start with the guitar or piano and sing melodies over the chords. The lyrics seem…

— Jason Reeves

It was a matter of not seeing the woods for the trees. Glorious songs have been in Ireland forever, but a lot of these…

— Phil Coulter

I have a very strange melodic gift: melodies come to me effortlessly.

— Michel Legrand