Firsts Quote by Brad Paisley

I never set out to write a certain kind of song, I just play my guitar and see if I catch something.

— Chris Isaak

Usually now a song starts just in my head with a melody or a lyric idea coming first.Then typically I'll go to a guitar,…

— Eliot Lewis

If you wanna write a song, ask a guitar

— Neil Young

I just get an idea and then all of a sudden I've got a song.

— John Lee Hooker

All I want a song to do is just to kind of present an idea.

— John Mayer

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

— Brett Dennen

I'm asking questions that most people are asking, but just putting a melody or a song to it.

— Sam Fender

I try to tell a story musically in a song.

— Barry White

Even if I have a quite strong melody, there are so many possibilities and so many directions that you can take the music.

— Trentemøller

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

— Grace Potter

I very rarely sit down with a guitar and try to write a song. I usually think about it a lot and then I'll…

— Sune Rose Wagner

Lately I haven't been able to write for the guitar - it'll usually start out with a melody on the bass, and I'll layer…

— Sarah Jaffe