Best Quote by CMAT

I like to come up with the melodies, and I have a lot of ideas as far as structure goes.

— Steven Tyler

I start out with words, with the idea, the line. Then after I get a line or two, I try to find what melodic…

— Mose Allison

One thing I've tried to do in writing music is take on very basic things, very archetypal things.

— Harrison Birtwistle

I think you can do a lot with lyrics and melody.

— Alison Sudol

I do try to structure everything in a way that's very much like a pop song. I try to keep the arrangements really simple,…

— Washed Out

In writing music, the structure of each piece is a very important factor.

— Leo Ornstein

If I hear an amazing piece of music, I can't help but think of ideas, choreography, and everything that comes along with it.

— Witney Carson

I came into music because I thought the presentation of poetry wasn't vibrant enough. So I merged improvised poetry with basic rock chords.

— Patti Smith

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 try to take the foundations of what music is and add some type of twist to it.

— Jay IDK

I take in a lot of different styles when I listen to music, but when I'm actually writing a song it comes from a…

— Guy Sebastian

Pick a theme for your material, and stick to it for the entirety of the piece. The repetition of certain key phrases, however irritating…

— Ivo Graham