First Quote by Keiynan Lonsdale

When I'm recording, I usually just mumble and hum a melody and then fill the words in as I go.

— Tierra Whack

Sometime when I'm on the road, if I hear an idea, a melody in my head on the iPhone we got the voice memos.…

— Moneybagg Yo

I get like a melody that comes up and I try to write it down or record it. Hum it into a tape recorder…

— Paul Taylor

Sometimes I have a melody in my head; sometimes it's just a verse. I read lines from a book or movies that I watch…

— Yuna

Many times, the way I write my themes or melodies is that I hear it, and then I sing into my phone or something,…

— Ramin Djawadi

Sometimes I'll be driving and a lyric will come into my head, and I will have to pull over and record it on my…

— Lil' Kim

I have a little dictaphone and if a sound takes my fancy or if a lyric comes to me in the middle of the…

— Barry Gibb

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

Usually when I write a song, I'll write the music and then kind of fit some words to it.

— Oscar Isaac

Usually it's lyric first, but sometimes it's melody. And I carry a hand-held recorder everywhere I go so I can just hum or whistle…

— Hal Ketchum

Sometimes I'll have words or concepts written down before I have any type of music or anything. So when I have that, sometimes I…

— Giveon

When I write a song, I get the melody right first, and then hopefully I can back it up with a lyric that has…

— Craig David