Bit Quote by Dave Haywood

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

We really like having songs where we think the arrangement is just as important as the melodies, even though they're typically not.

— M. Shadows

We start a lot with melodies and instrumentation and trying to figure out good melodies for verses and choruses. We get to lyrics sometimes…

— Dave Haywood

I love melodies so it's usually where I start.

— Sydney Sierota

The one thing about songwriting that's been consistent is that I do it for the love of a good melody.

— Kim Shattuck

We human beings are tuned such that we crave great melody and great lyrics. And if somebody writes a great song, it's timeless that…

— Art Garfunkel

No matter what I'm writing, I almost always start with the music. Definitely, the melody seems to set the tone for whatever emotions come…

— Ryan Bingham

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

All we do as songwriters is rewrite the songs that have impressed us till we find our own voice. It's part of learning the…

— Steve Earle

What it boils down to is that we look for a melody and we look for a lyric, and we look for an atmosphere…

— Jim Kerr

If you can say the lyrics almost like a poem and they stand up, that's a great thing. Some songs have great lyrics and…

— Harry Connick, Jr

I always start with writing vocal melodies before writing lyrics.

— Sigrid