Back Quote by Craig David

Sometimes I get a lyric, and the lyric, you know, comes off the page, and goes into my brain and comes out with a…

— Carole King

I'm much better at fixing or changing a melody to suit me than I would a lyric. But for me, everything is lyric. It…

— Alison Krauss

When I write, it is always the melody that comes first, and it just happens to be the case that the most beautiful tunes…

— Francoise Hardy

It's such a weird process, songwriting, because you just have to feel it. There's no right or wrong melody or lyric.

— Jay Sean

I never write a tune before the lyrics. I get the lyrics and then I write around them. Some people write music and the…

— James Dean Bradfield

When I write a song, that process is sort of entwined with a lyric or a chord progression that suits the vibe, and that'll…

— Michelle Zauner

Sometimes I start with lyrics - rarely - but sometimes I might have an idea for some lyrics that I wanna say. I write…

— Leon Bridges

Do I start with the lyrics? No. Quite honestly, it's the opposite. I generally get the melody first - I kinda fiddle around on…

— Iron & Wine

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

— Grace Potter

I generally have lyrics first, but you can't help that when you're writing lyrics you start to get a melody in your head. So…

— Billy Bob Thornton

I write a melody and then change it and change it until I get it the way I like it.

— Mike Stoller

I'm a very melody-driven writer and I have a rule that I don't write anything down because if I can't remember the melody than…

— Justin Timberlake