Come Quote by Julie Andrews

Text first, rhythm second, melody third.

— Claudio Monteverdi

I'll generally always get melody first and then I'll go in and try and think of a title and lyrics generally come last.

— Guy Sebastian

Melody always comes to me first before words - cadence and melody. When you're humming the melody and it's incredible and words start coming…

— Yelawolf

Sometimes the word dictated the melody.

— Andrew Bird

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

I think the melody is the first time I hear in a song and if I like the melody, then I'll pay closer attention…

— George Strait

Melody is the first thing that comes to me when I'm songwriting. I learned piano classically first, and then I went into soul, and…

— Emeli Sande

The music comes first. It will always be first

— John O'Callaghan

Sometimes I start with a great title or idea, sometimes a great melody will run through my mind; but the higher percentage of the…

— Dolly Parton

It's not the words but the music that counts.

— Benjamin Spock

The way I see it, there's only one melody for any song.

— Ben Folds

It varies from song to song, but melody was always easy for me.

— Rodney Crowell