Firsts Quote by Boots Riley

When I'm writing, those ideas are seldom inspired by music itself. I won't often listen to an artist and come up with an idea.

— St. Lucia

I usually have an idea that I want to build on and let the music take me where I wanna go.

— Rick Ross

Anytime I have an idea, I'll make sure that I put it down so that when we do sit down to write an album,…

— Neil Peart

To articulate the ideas in your head, you need formal education, so you study music theory to do that. And that's the only responsibility…

— Van Hunt

I have ideas for songs all the time, but musical ideas, like melodies, really come out when I'm in nature.

— Brett Dennen

I have ideas all of the time from the beginning, but they never really wind up turning out like I thought they would.

— Danger Mouse

You can't help but have ideas when you're inspired musically.

— Justin Chancellor

I think when you go into a room and you're fresh in the songwriting, producing world or going into sessions, no idea is a…

— G Flip

I think it's important to just be in your subconscious mind - at least when you're starting an idea.

— St. Lucia

I'm a songwriter. I've got ideas in the closet that just didn't work out with my band, that I think, "This is a great…

— Sammy Hagar

My approach to making music has always been making ideas and developing them. Sometimes I develop them all the way by myself. The other…

— Frank Dukes

Having really good ideas comes from being able to listen to everybody else and see what their ideas are, because they're coming from a…

— Joey Kramer