Guitar Quote by Luis Fonsi

'Despacito' was a song that, from the time I started writing it, I felt that its hook was really catchy and powerful but at…

— Luis Fonsi

The beautiful thing about it is that 'Despacito' is not really an English crossover. It was just another song that the world made a…

— Luis Fonsi

'Despacito' is phenomenal; you can't really chase that type of success. I'm a huge fan of the record, the original, and then when the…

— Romeo Santos

Each Desaparecidos's song has a seed that it came from. We're trying to take that and broaden it out and make it resonate with…

— Conor Oberst

Sometimes you might get inspired by something, write about it, then later that lyrics sounds better on another beat. That's happened a few times.…

— Dizzee Rascal

When I first started making music, I wrote the lyrics first, but now, because the music has got kind of wilder, I've flipped it.

— Perfume Genius

Some songs started from a bass line, some started from having the full lyric and Jim, my drummer, who's also the first guy I've…

— Paolo Nutini

I never write from concept. The beat is the beginning, and then I fill in the rest of the song into what it should…

— Wiz Khalifa

It's probably the first type of music we had, rhythm, whether it's poetry or tapping.

— Shura

When I write a song, it's all about the riff - the riff first, then the words come later.

— Evan Dando

Songwriters can’t explain. You get an idea and you don’t know where it’s come from. And if you’re lucky, you have a pencil or…

— Pete Seeger

I never start a song at the beginning; I always start in the middle, working with the original concept. That might be a loop…

— Goldie