Better Quote by Max Martin

My songs, they have just the one chord, there's none of that fancy stuff you hear now, with lots of chords in one song.…

— Junior Kimbrough

Sometimes, I actually end up doing three or four different versions of one song, and sometimes, those versions can be done very differently. They…

— Trentemøller

When I write a song, that process is sort of entwined with a lyric or a chord progression that suits the vibe, and that'll…

— Michelle Zauner

I change lyrics to the songs all the time, too. I don't know if it matters in a lot of ways because you can…

— Matt Corby

Sometimes an unexpected chord change can be the difference between a good song and a great song.

— Gary Talley

We really like having songs where we think the arrangement is just as important as the melodies, even though they're typically not.

— M. Shadows

There's only seven chords, so you got to use the same ones over and over. It's all in what you do with them.

— Gary Rossington

Nothing matches the sheer euphoria of discovering a new melody or a new batch of chords that just come out of nowhere.

— Kevin Parker

I guess the approach to song writing for me so far has been to use more chords and less math.

— Mick Barr

A lot of songs are derivative of each other. Sometimes you need to take a departure from what you do to something that's slightly…

— Tori Amos

I could write a dozen different songs with the same three or four chords, but they'd all be entirely different.

— Gary Rossington

I don't believe in making two songs similar. Every composition must have its own unique character.

— Ilaiyaraaja