Keep Quote by Billy Squier

I just make the music and then the music speaks for itself.

— Roddy Ricch

I focus on the words and then I have fun putting together the music after.

— Matt Berninger

The thing I try to do the most is to play in terms of the song and play in terms of what I'm hearing.

— Jimmy Chamberlin

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

I want to talk less and let the music speak for itself.

— Vidyasagar

I hate to say this, but I always listen to the music and the instrumentation first, and then grab on to the lyrics later.

— Elton John

I've always wanted to do my best to make sure it's clear that I want to keep the focus on my music.

— Sam Hunt

I really do just try to tune as much out as I can and make things that I think just sound good to me.

— Nicholas Thorburn

I try to make sure that I make music that can stand the test of time.

— Mayer Hawthorne

I try to focus on the melodies and try to make everything else minimal. The melody and the lyrics are most important to me.

— Sharon Van Etten

When I work on my music, I always kind of just try to do my best work.

— Ramin Djawadi

I have tried to make the music a bit easier for them to understand.

— Anonymous