Song Quote by Jim Capaldi

I would be too self-conscious if I just thought of writing lyrics for a song. I have to trick myself into doing it.

— Kim Gordon

I start with the subject matter I want to write about. Then I make a musical base for that and create an atmosphere with…

— Midge Ure

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

I wish I could write lyrical poems, but I just write the way they come.

— Tom Paulin

It's rare that I'll write lyrics first. If I come up with some good lyrics, I'll write them down and try to use them…

— Rob Crow

The lyrics are always the last thing I do. I always have a recording of basic tracks and maybe some of the lead work.…

— Tom Scholz

I first write melodies that will make people shiver, and then, I add the lyrics.

— Nicky Jam

I kind of need to be ambulatory to write lyrics.

— Lin-Manuel Miranda

I'm not given the opportunity - nor do I want it - to write my own lyrics.

— Tony Kanal

I write lyrics based on music, on a musical flow, and what sounds good at the time.

— Mike Patton

I always start with writing vocal melodies before writing lyrics.

— Sigrid

Finally I started really opening up as a songwriter and an interpreter and taking songs from all kind of genres and stripping them down…

— Lizz Wright