Assumption Quote by Eddie Vedder

I never edit the songs that come out. And they tend to come out as a whole. The closest thing I have ever done…

— Laura Marling

I find it harder to write the lyrics afterwards because then you're just trying to fit them into something that's already there.

— King Tuff

I change lyrics to the songs all the time, too. I don't know if it matters in a lot of ways because you can…

— Matt Corby

The editing of a song is largely what makes the song for me and I think that actually if I had started going like…

— Nick Cave

I don't need to edit names out of songs and I don't need to edit details out of my songs because I've always been…

— Taylor Swift

A lot of times when I'm writing lyrics, I just think about insecurities that I might have and turn them into a scene. Some…

— Nate Ruess

I feel like I'm still learning a lot with writing lyrics. In the beginning, like the first record, I wasn't so aware.

— Yukimi Nagano

The first time you listen to someone else's interpretation of what you've created, it's a little unnerving. They'll change lyrics or something almost every…

— Chris Stapleton

In my earlier days of writing for myself, I wanted songs to be more complex. I thought they had to be for me to…

— Lady Gaga

When you're younger and a little more innocent, you write whatever [lyrics] comes naturally. But as you get used to writing you try to…

— Steve "Lips" Kudlow

I put a lot of work into my lyrics. Not all my stuff is meant to be scrutinized, though.

— Robert Plant