Art making Quote by J. Cole

The writing process, the way I go about it is I do whatever the beat feels like, whatever the beat is telling me to…

— Eminem

I really don't try to force the creative process. I'm really jealous of those other rappers who just hear a beat and write a…

— Alexander Spit

With every song, all the elements have to work. First, the beat has to be great - you start there. You start with the…

— Eminem

Sometimes you might get inspired by something, write about it, then later that lyrics sounds better on another beat. That's happened a few times.…

— Dizzee Rascal

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

While writing a normal song, we just pen four lines and then we have a chorus and some lines again. But rap is about…

— Raftaar

It's funny when you write a song - it's easy for me now - but there's almost a second stage where you take control…

— Kate Bush

Some songs started from a bass line, some started from having the full lyric and Jim, my drummer, who's also the first guy I've…

— Paolo Nutini

I approach song writing three different ways. One way is where I write the initial melody and lyrics first and then take it in…

— Manika

I usually write to the beat. Really, the beat can make the song itself.

— Blueface

You take all the time to write a song: you have to let it ooze on out by its natural self and that is…

— Gregg Allman

There's a million things that come through when you put songs together and it's kind of difficult to pinpoint exactly what triggers it on…

— Van Morrison