Experience Quote by Ari Lennox

I have to write the songs before I become too enamored with my own melodies.

— Mike Stoller

Other people's songs can inspire me, though - I always have music on when I'm painting.

— Danny Fox

When I start a song, I have an image and a story. In many ways, it's more like painting than making music.

— Goldie

I got a lot of experience for my age. Some artists might take a line or two from a bunch of songs and snip…

— Lil Tjay

I'm really into music, I'm really into art, and I want to keep that fire alive.

— Devin Townsend

When I started working on ambient music, my idea was to make music that was more like painting.

— Brian Eno

I'm quite arty. I didn't know whether to become an artist or musician but I realised I could paint with music. All my songs…

— Ed Sheeran

I just wanted to make melodies. I started trying to do my own thing and let the melodies make the genre themselves.

— Kygo

I have a certain amount of creative energy, and it used to go painting. Now most of it goes to music. I like to…

— Samuel Ervin Beam

The songs are always drawn from personal experience; I'm putting myself into my music. I usually am playing myself. It's art, art that represents…

— Steve Grand

I've got so many melodies in my head.

— Jorja Smith

The one thing about songwriting that's been consistent is that I do it for the love of a good melody.

— Kim Shattuck