Guitar Quote by George Ezra

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

— Hope Sandoval

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

— Leon Bridges

I was writing songs, I guess, a sense of lyricism before I started picking up the guitar. Once I picked up the guitar, I…

— Ruston Kelly

I'd much rather talk about guitar playing. I hate it when people ask me about my lyrics. I always feel like telling them to…

— James Hetfield

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

Usually when I write a song, I'll write the music and then kind of fit some words to it.

— Oscar Isaac

Normally when I'm writing, in the beginning I don't think of lyrics at all. I'm just improvising.

— St. Lucia

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

When I pick up the guitar, it's a melody, and that's what drives the lyrics. It's bits and pieces of truth, but it is…

— Ray LaMontagne

I am so highly skilled that when I pick up a phrase and then pick up my guitar, a form comes out almost immediately…

— Donovan

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