Process Quote by Michelle Zauner

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

— Oscar Isaac

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

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

— Grace Potter

Yeah, once the song is written, it just complexifies the profile of it to have the music and the words at odds. It comes…

— David Berman

I don't really know what inspires me to write the music I do, but usually, the music will set the tone for the lyrics.

— Eddie Van Halen

The lyrics seem to follow the music, and that's usually how I write. I write more about what comes out of my mouth while…

— Gary Louris

Writing lyrics is part spontaneous, intuitive and part really thought through and carefully analyzed as you write it. It's a mixture of two approaches,…

— Ian Anderson

Sometimes it starts with a random lyric idea that sets the tone for the whole song. Chords and sounds build from the lyric and…

— Tove Lo

When I write a song, I get the melody right first, and then hopefully I can back it up with a lyric that has…

— Craig David

The best way to write a song is to think of something else and then the song kind of creeps in.

— John Prine

All of our songs take these really big creative turns and twists throughout the process, so sometimes songs will start out as a melody…

— Chester Bennington

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