Asked Quote by Jill Sobule

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

Sometimes when I'm writing a song I'll get carried away with production when I'm only on the first verse, and that sacrifices the songwriting.

— Nina Nesbitt

I'm a songwriter first.

— Carole King

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 always write lyrics first and the rhythm and the melody come from the lyrics. It always comes from the lyrics: words have rhythm…

— Ken Hensley

Well, putting words on paper isn't your job. Your job is to go digging around in your soul. And that's the end of it…

— Radney Foster

I never write a tune before the lyrics. I get the lyrics and then I write around them. Some people write music and the…

— James Dean Bradfield

I always start with writing vocal melodies before writing lyrics.

— Sigrid

When I'm writing with John Leventhal, the music that he's written mostly comes first. And I'll write the lyrics and the melody.

— Shawn Colvin

So one can say that I write all the time, that goes for the lyrics as well.

— Billy Sherwood

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

— Dan Bejar