Give me Quote by Mel Brooks

I always start with the lyrics, because starting with the music means the words will be bad.

— Dan Bejar

I usually start with a lyric or a melody and then build a song around that.

— Grace Potter

I start out with words, with the idea, the line. Then after I get a line or two, I try to find what melodic…

— Mose Allison

Some people start with the lyrics first because they know what they want to talk about and they just write a whole bunch of…

— John Legend

I'll generally always get melody first and then I'll go in and try and think of a title and lyrics generally come last.

— Guy Sebastian

When I start writing, I'll have a vague concept or I'll just have a title, and the song just goes on its own direction.…

— Juliana Hatfield

Sometimes melody and sometimes lyrics. It depends on the tempo and feel of the song. Slower pieces usually begin with melody and faster ones…

— Ronnie James Dio

The way that I write songs is pretty simple. I hear music first, much like you would when you're scoring a film. I usually…

— Lauren Hart

I focus on the words and then I have fun putting together the music after.

— Matt Berninger

That's pretty much how every song of mine works - I start with gibberish and melody and phrasing. I speak it naturally first. And…

— Kelela

We start a lot with melodies and instrumentation and trying to figure out good melodies for verses and choruses. We get to lyrics sometimes…

— Dave Haywood

On the first two albums, I essentially began with lyrics and placed the music underneath or around the words.

— Perfume Genius