Always Quote by Michael Penn

The smaller you strip things down, the more you depend on the songs and yourself, as opposed to arrangements.

— Alicia Keys

Conceptually, I've always gravitated towards arrangements that weren't just presenting one idea. I like to look at my songs as having a main part,…

— Tycho

I aim my arrangements at what will fit and colorfully frame the song in the best way possible.

— Les Baxter

My songs are more arrangements than they are songs.

— Robin Trower

Arranging is the way I put my stamp on my music as much as my guitar playing.

— Lee Ritenour

Even if you're specific about the character of the song, it's more exciting to place them, juxtapose them in such a way as to…

— Robert Wyatt

As far as arrangements after the basic track is cut, if I'm writing a horn arrangement or playing strings, I might arrange that, plan…

— Bernie Worrell

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

I've never written songs, I've never brought any songs to System, but as far as arranging, I've always had arrangement ideas.

— John Dolmayan

Sometimes I'll have sections that I'm not quite sure how they fit in the puzzle of a tune, they'll get moved around; what I…

— Gotye

Sometimes song happens all at once where you sit down and the lyrics and the music just come out. So there definitely isn't one…

— Jonathan Jackson

I am about the arrangements and the layers of depth in the music.

— Van Morrison