Apple Quote by Black Thought

I never start a song at the beginning; I always start in the middle, working with the original concept. That might be a loop…

— Goldie

There's a million things that come through when you put songs together and it's kind of difficult to pinpoint exactly what triggers it on…

— Van Morrison

It is a process of discovery. It's being quiet enough and undisturbed enough for a period of time so that the songs can begin…

— James Taylor

If you're in a bar and a certain song comes on and the vibe is just different, it evokes the kinds of things that…

— Julian Casablancas

Sometimes when you're making songs you just make sounds, and the sounds slowly mutate and evolve into actual words that have meaning.

— Tom Waits

I think I've always had this thing where it's music first.

— Bonobo

When you sing the same song over and over and over again, it stops meaning what it originally meant to you. It starts sounding…

— Linda Ronstadt

As soon as I hear music, something in me starts to vibrate.

— Suzanne Farrell

I think theres something strangely musical about noise.

— Trent Reznor

I think there's something strangely musical about noise.

— Trent Reznor

I am a really obsessive music listener, and I would look for clues.

— Craig Finn

It happens so quickly it seems like it's coming from somewhere else. It's not It just means that you're in sync with yourself. And…

— Harry Nilsson