Afterwards Quote by King Tuff

I don't write lyrics. I hear the track and sing in gibberish over it, then I try and fit words into the phrasing and…

— Kelela

It takes me, like, half an hour to write the lyrics for a song. They just come out.

— Sia

Normally when I'm writing, in the beginning I don't think of lyrics at all. I'm just improvising.

— St. Lucia

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

— Oscar Isaac

The lyrics seem to follow the music, and that's usually how I write. I write more about what comes out of my mouth while…

— Gary Louris

Sometimes, I feel like my lyrics meander a little bit, and our songs are so big I need to write more words than are…

— M. Shadows

It's weird to try to write lyrics for somebody else. They can't really get behind what you're saying or what you want them to…

— Wes Borland

I try not get too self-aware when writing lyrics.

— Win Butler

I always write the lyrics first. There are one or two exceptions over the years, but that's pretty much the way it's been. The…

— Bruce Cockburn

People don't stress enough that when they're writing lyrics, they are writing.

— Aesop Rock

I really don't like writing lyrics. It's totally a mandatory thing. It's like homework.

— Max Cavalera

If I'm writing the music, and I don't feel like its really connecting inside, then I'll know there's no reason to really put a…

— Beth Hart