I love Quote by Jon Pardi

I work on words, mostly, toward them being poetry or short stories, and then some of those become songs.

— PJ Harvey

I write lyrics. putting words and melodies to my songs. That's a real challenge, I take it on vigorously.

— Gord Downie

The music starts as being way separate from the lyrics, and I write - I have notebooks that I fill with drawings and just…

— Zachary Cole Smith

I always take notes on my phone of lyric ideas.

— Benee

I have a lyric journal that I write in a lot. When I'm going to play, I just sit down and have my books…

— Amy Ray

I'm always writing lyrics. I have so many lyrics on so many stray pieces of paper. Everywhere.

— Abbie Cornish

Sometimes I start just on the piano with a melody or musical idea that kind of leads me to certain lyrics.

— John Legend

I tend to scribble down notes, lyrics or just random thoughts on pieces of paper, backs of cigarette packs, sometimes on my shirt cuff.

— John Waite

I write lyrics everyday as I go. I'm always taking notes in my phone whenever I am inspired by something. Most of my writing…

— Vic Fuentes

I sit down and draw from my lyric book. I sit down and start looking through it and see if there is anything that…

— Amy Ray

I did go through a phase of reading a lot of poetry and getting heavily into philosophy and ended up writing things that weren't…

— Katie Melua

Sometimes I'll try something on piano and move to guitar, but usually that comes after scratching down some ideas for lyrics.

— Melody Gardot