Always Quote by John Dolmayan

The problem is that once I start on a song and get a rough idea of where I might go with an arrangement, I…

— Tom Scholz

Conceptually, I've always gravitated towards arrangements that weren't just presenting one idea. I like to look at my songs as having a main part,…

— Tycho

Arranging is sort of the most exciting part of making music right now for me. I really enjoy the process of arranging because you're…

— Jherek Bischoff

My songs are more arrangements than they are songs.

— Robin Trower

In the early days, I had very little idea about arrangements, and I wrote songs a little flat, as it were, just on an…

— Graham Parker

We really like having songs where we think the arrangement is just as important as the melodies, even though they're typically not.

— M. Shadows

I studied arranging and orchestration a number of years ago, so I have a home studio and arrange about three-fourths of my songs on…

— Brian Stokes Mitchell

I just play music by listening and responding, so I don't know anything about writing songs or arranging and all of this stuff. You…

— Jaimoe

But there's a thin line between songwriting and arranging.

— Warren Zevon

I'm not a perfect song writer, but I am song writing problems with dynamics, instrument change and arrangements.

— Richard Patrick

It varies, I don't think there is any one set way of writing songs or coming up with ideas, it comes in so many…

— PJ Harvey

Arranging is the way I put my stamp on my music as much as my guitar playing.

— Lee Ritenour