Focus Quote by Matt Berninger

I just make the music and then the music speaks for itself.

— Roddy Ricch

I try to keep the theatrics to a minimum and let the music do the talking.

— Billy Squier

I write the songs, go in and record them, then I listen to everything and decide how it all fits together.

— Lucinda Williams

I hate to say this, but I always listen to the music and the instrumentation first, and then grab on to the lyrics later.

— Elton John

I try to focus on the melodies and try to make everything else minimal. The melody and the lyrics are most important to me.

— Sharon Van Etten

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

— Oscar Isaac

The thing I try to do the most is to play in terms of the song and play in terms of what I'm hearing.

— Jimmy Chamberlin

I work on words, mostly, toward them being poetry or short stories, and then some of those become songs.

— PJ Harvey

I always write with music. It takes me a while to figure out the right piece of music for what I'm working on. Once…

— Kate DiCamillo

The music comes first, like, 99 percent of the time. I come up with the basic chord structure and the melody first and then…

— Mikal Cronin

I've always wanted to do my best to make sure it's clear that I want to keep the focus on my music.

— Sam Hunt

I didn't really know what I was doing when I started. I just started writing songs. After two songs I just continued to explore…

— Neil Young