Believe Quote by Kendra Kassebaum

The music comes first. Final lyrics are usually written very close to recording the vocals.

— Tobias Forge

The songwriting did come naturally; it really did. Like Joe said, the first song we ever wrote together was the song that got us…

— Kevin Jonas

You know for some strange reason I like to write the verse first. I mean I know the majority of people do the chorus…

— Big Daddy Kane

Sometimes, to be honest with you, our lyrics were written a day before the vocal had to be done.

— Steve Porcaro

When you sing on stage, the songs are part of the narrative, but in 'Unconditional Love,' it was just singing for singing's sake. It…

— Jonathan Pryce

I don't really remember my folks singing to us, but they read to us.

— Mary Chapin Carpenter

To sing the ballad with a knowingness about what you are talking about. If it's somebody else's lyric, and the message is a little…

— Al Jarreau

[The lyrics and melody] usually come a little simultaneously, but I would say the lyrics are first; usually I have the idea for a…

— Billy Bob Thornton

It's always amazing seeing the song-writing process. A song just starts off as just an idea or a story you want to tell. It…

— Manika

Every writer writes in different ways, and so some write the music first, while others write the lyrics first, and some write while they…

— Valerie June

“If he wanted to hear about love, the first verse was his to sing.”

— Tom Rob Smith