Anything Quote by Ian Anderson

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

The lyrics seem to follow the music, and that's usually how I write. I write more about what comes out of my mouth while…

— Gary Louris

I used to personally dread writing lyrics. Because I never really understood how to do it. And for some reason, in this band I'm…

— Leisha Hailey

Writing a song is like - you're writing a song all the time. It's just when it pops out. It's been there all the…

— Mick Jagger

It's always amazing seeing the song-writing process. A song just starts off as just an idea or a story you want to tell. It…

— Manika

I've never invested myself properly in trying to write stories. When I write lyrics, mostly I write each sentence separately on an index card…

— Jason Schwartzman

Music is very nebulous, and you can conjure up a lot of moods with music. But lyrics - they're a lot more tangible. They're…

— Sarah McLachlan

Every writer writes in different ways, and so some write the music first, while others write the lyrics first, and some write while they…

— Valerie June

I always write the lyrics first. There are one or two exceptions over the years, but that's pretty much the way it's been. The…

— Bruce Cockburn

I feel like I want to write some songs and I don't know how to go about doing it. Usually it's the lyrics that…

— Mike Gordon

I find it much easier to write comic-books than lyrics actually because it's a natural dialogue. Writing song lyrics is not natural but over…

— Scott Ian

Some people can sit down and write a song, but they can't go on stage like I can. I tell the songwriter's story. When…

— Sharon Jones