Anything Quote by Alison Goldfrapp

I've always thought of music as something which gives the words their flight and their wings and the music often comes first, although sometimes…

— Neil Diamond

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

— Grace Potter

It's always amazing seeing the song-writing process. A song just starts off as just an idea or a story you want to tell. It…

— Manika

When you write songs, you can't really point out the exact thing you're inspired by. It's more a state or a mood or an…

— Keren Ann

I write all my own songs and they are just simple melodies with a lot of lyrics. They usually have to do with current…

— Phil Ochs

To make a song is a gift, and once it's done it keeps evolving and changing and becomes a tool to interact with other…

— Ryan Adams

Music allows a person to express their deepest thoughts, thoughts that cannot be expressed with just words. I am often asked how I begin…

— Bradley Joseph

A good idea for lyrics and a melody to expand on.

— Gordon Waller

Some people start with the lyrics first because they know what they want to talk about and they just write a whole bunch of…

— John Legend

The song could start with a riff that I base the song around. Or a chord progression or a melody I have, I just…

— Orianthi

I don't start a song with an idea of what ingredients are going to go into a song. It's not like a recipe. I…

— Jason Isbell

All of our songs take these really big creative turns and twists throughout the process, so sometimes songs will start out as a melody…

— Chester Bennington