Fit Quote by Alanis Morissette

There, in the chords and melodies, is everything I want to say. The words just jolly it along. It's always been my way of…

— David Bowie

I feel that I have to say something in a song and that it's not just enough to lay down the music.

— Rick James

If I'm writing a tune with someone I'm making sure it's what they wanna say and it's articulating what they have to share.

— MNEK

It's always important for me to say something with my music, even if the deeper message is hidden inside of what sounds like a…

— Masked Wolf

Usually when I write a song, I'll write the music and then kind of fit some words to it.

— Oscar Isaac

All my music is very simple in that melody is usually clearly stated.

— Carter Burwell

Unlike my subject will I frame my song, It shall be witty and it shan't be long.

— Lord Chesterfield

I think every song I do is specifically tailored to what I would say and how I approach situations.

— MNEK

I'm much better at fixing or changing a melody to suit me than I would a lyric. But for me, everything is lyric. It…

— Alison Krauss

For some music, lyrically, the best move is to keep it simple in what it is that you are saying, and just kind of…

— Black Thought

If someone says something good or bad, or whatever they have to say about your song, you've just got to embrace it.

— Sarah Barthel

You'd think, of course, it's about the melody - that's a given. But really, I'm no good at singing a song unless it has…

— Julie Andrews