Kind Quote by John Prine

The best way to write a song is to think of something else and then the song kind of creeps in.

— John Prine

My first song was called 'Portrait.' It would just be poetry, and I really never understood how to write the structure of writing a…

— Ro James

I wouldn't start writing songs like 'Name' all the time just because I thought that's what people wanted to hear. I'll write a song…

— John Rzeznik

The hardest part about writing any song is, what do you write? And how do I rewrite things? You start to run out of…

— Brad Paisley

That's pretty much how every song of mine works - I start with gibberish and melody and phrasing. I speak it naturally first. And…

— Kelela

A lot of times, somebody will say something and it will give you a good title. So you carry a pencil with you and…

— Gene Autry

I just start singing some words with a tune. I don't ever write a song thinking, Now I'll write a song about... .

— Paul McCartney

When I start writing, I'll have a vague concept or I'll just have a title, and the song just goes on its own direction.…

— Juliana Hatfield

Writing a song isn't that hard. Writing a good song is difficult. Let's face it, we're faced with taking a complex feeling or event,…

— Ann Reed

Sometimes when you start writing a song, you dont know where theyre going to lead you. You just kind of follow the ideas that…

— Mike Campbell

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 usually start with a lyric or a melody and then build a song around that.

— Grace Potter