Higher Quote by Dolly Parton

I usually like to try to find a title as quickly as I can and work from the title, and then it can go…

— Stephen Schwartz

I'll generally always get melody first and then I'll go in and try and think of a title and lyrics generally come last.

— Guy Sebastian

I've always thought of music as something which gives the words their flight and their wings and the music often comes first, although sometimes…

— Neil Diamond

When I start writing, I'll have a vague concept or I'll just have a title, and the song just goes on its own direction.…

— Juliana Hatfield

Sometimes I start just on the piano with a melody or musical idea that kind of leads me to certain lyrics.

— John Legend

Sometimes I'll hear some music in my head or I'll go to the piano and mess around and come up with a tune, or…

— Shuggie Otis

Melody always comes to me first before words - cadence and melody. When you're humming the melody and it's incredible and words start coming…

— Yelawolf

Every time I finish a song... most of the time it's in my own head, like this sounds too much like a Townes Van…

— Conor Oberst

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

When I'm writing, those ideas are seldom inspired by music itself. I won't often listen to an artist and come up with an idea.

— St. Lucia

Sometimes music comes across to me just when I am sitting around doing nothing, and then the music makes me think of a few…

— Jimi Hendrix

I do spend time trying to find good melodies, and I try to remember them when I do discover them. But also it's mostly…

— Phil Elverum