Bits Quote by David Lynch

Usually what I do is I write my vocal melody over guitar parts and then I come up with lyrics.

— Hope Sandoval

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

— Leon Bridges

Sometimes I'll have an idea for a story or have a subject, and that will inspire lyrics, but most of the time, hopefully, they…

— Beck

I don't write lyrics. I hear the track and sing in gibberish over it, then I try and fit words into the phrasing and…

— Kelela

I'm always writing lyrics. I have so many lyrics on so many stray pieces of paper. Everywhere.

— Abbie Cornish

I am always getting ideas for song lyrics and keep a notebook handy. Nowadays, I take a laptop with me everywhere, because I have…

— Kou Shibasaki

I like to separate the music- and lyric-writing processes if I can. I'll sort of noodle around on my keyboard and my computer until…

— Lin-Manuel Miranda

I have way too many songs that have music but don't have lyrics.

— Jonny Lang

I just make up lyrics off the top of my head. A lot of times, there's a phrase I really like, and I kind…

— Washed Out

When it comes to lyrics, I just write down a lot of things, and only a very tiny fraction of it, I think, is…

— Matt Berninger

Sometimes I'll try something on piano and move to guitar, but usually that comes after scratching down some ideas for lyrics.

— Melody Gardot

Sometimes, for me, lyrics are derived from poems that I'm working on, and they kind of cross back and forth between the two.

— Lee Ranaldo