Bits and pieces Quote by Danny Carey

When I write a song, it's all about the riff - the riff first, then the words come later.

— Evan Dando

It's always amazing seeing the song-writing process. A song just starts off as just an idea or a story you want to tell. It…

— Manika

Songs start with my bringing in the basic riffs for what you might call a verse and a chorus, an A and a B…

— David First

I don't really write music in the traditional sense of chorus, verse. It's more experimental sounding. The process comes from an experimentation with noise.

— Bonobo

A riff can take on the aspect of a chorus in a listener's psyche.

— Jack White

The real challenge of writing songs isn't just writing a bunch of parts - like a verse, chorus, verse - but making something that…

— James Mercer

To me and my band, guitar riffs are what it's all about. We know that every time we jam on a great riff, we've…

— Dimebag Darrell

All of our songs take these really big creative turns and twists throughout the process, so sometimes songs will start out as a melody…

— Chester Bennington

When I write a tune - and it's been like this for many years - I always hear in the back of my head…

— John Scofield

Sometimes it starts with a random lyric idea that sets the tone for the whole song. Chords and sounds build from the lyric and…

— Tove Lo

Songwriting is like working on a jigsaw puzzle, and it doesn't make any sense until you find that last piece. It has to make…

— Chrissie Hynde

It's just like an idea, like a chorus, and then we just jam on it - it happens in loads of different ways. The…

— Luke Pritchard