Always Quote by Guy Sebastian

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

Sometimes I start with a great title or idea, sometimes a great melody will run through my mind; but the higher percentage of the…

— Dolly Parton

[The lyrics and melody] usually come a little simultaneously, but I would say the lyrics are first; usually I have the idea for a…

— Billy Bob Thornton

I always start with the lyrics, because starting with the music means the words will be bad.

— Dan Bejar

I think the melody is the first time I hear in a song and if I like the melody, then I'll pay closer attention…

— George Strait

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

I'd say almost that words come first, melody second.

— Julie Andrews

It varies from song to song, but melody was always easy for me.

— Rodney Crowell

I always begin to compose the melody first.

— Nobuo Uematsu

I generally have lyrics first, but you can't help that when you're writing lyrics you start to get a melody in your head. So…

— Billy Bob Thornton

I usually start with the words. The rhythm of the words gives me the rhythm of the song, and then I look for the…

— Mel Brooks

When I write a song, I get the melody right first, and then hopefully I can back it up with a lyric that has…

— Craig David