Actually Quote by Kate Bush

That's something we really enjoy - incorporating things that don't ordinarily find people breaking into song.

— Ron Mael

Just by nature, we're always filled with so many ideas and want to cram as many ideas into a song as we can, and…

— Zacky Vengeance

There's a million things that come through when you put songs together and it's kind of difficult to pinpoint exactly what triggers it on…

— Van Morrison

Sometimes you do know where the ideas are coming from and sometimes you don't. You might get a song coming through that you just…

— Van Morrison

I definitely believe that there are songs that, as artists, we don't know the full potential.

— Ella Mai

When we start to write for a new record, we never really know what we're doing. We don't come into the room with a…

— Vince Clarke

Most of the time, I write songs with the arrangements all at once, in my head. There's the producer side of me that's always…

— Joe Satriani

A good idea for lyrics and a melody to expand on.

— Gordon Waller

That's what our songs are, I suppose - visions and little bits of life that somehow get made into music.

— Ellie Rowsell

You always know when a real inspiration is behind the melody, arrangements, even lyrics. And I know that's really vague, but it's true.

— Zach Condon

When it comes to song creation, I throw in my ideas and have it discussed with the producer. The song gets its own characteristic…

— Hyuna

It feels like when novelists say they find their characters are doing things they never thought they'd do, the material comes alive, and that's…

— Max Richter