Lyrics Quote by Carly Simon

Sometimes my boyfriend would write the lyrics and I would write the melody, and other times I would start from scratch. Or sometimes I…

— Carly Simon

The music starts as being way separate from the lyrics, and I write - I have notebooks that I fill with drawings and just…

— Zachary Cole Smith

I wasn't writing the music. Ed would write a piece of music. I'd listen to it and come up with a melody and then…

— Sammy Hagar

I would always write lyrics and songs on the piano.

— Reggie Watts

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

— Grace Potter

I write music to both the situations and the lyrics in plays.

— Jerome Kern

I start with the subject matter I want to write about. Then I make a musical base for that and create an atmosphere with…

— Midge Ure

I always start with writing vocal melodies before writing lyrics.

— Sigrid

Ive always written poetry and lyrics. My first husband, who was a musician, we wrote a bunch of songs together.

— P. J. Soles

Sometimes I start just on the piano with a melody or musical idea that kind of leads me to certain lyrics.

— John Legend

I've always written poetry and lyrics. My first husband, who was a musician, we wrote a bunch of songs together.

— P. J. Soles

I have a tape recorder, and I just sing into it. I like to write that way. Sometimes I'll just get melodic ideas, and…

— Melora Hardin