Afterthought Quote by Mike Patton

You know for some strange reason I like to write the verse first. I mean I know the majority of people do the chorus…

— Big Daddy Kane

I always write the lyrics first. There are one or two exceptions over the years, but that's pretty much the way it's been. The…

— Bruce Cockburn

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

Normally when I'm writing, in the beginning I don't think of lyrics at all. I'm just improvising.

— St. Lucia

I find it harder to write the lyrics afterwards because then you're just trying to fit them into something that's already there.

— King Tuff

People don't stress enough that when they're writing lyrics, they are writing.

— Aesop Rock

I used to personally dread writing lyrics. Because I never really understood how to do it. And for some reason, in this band I'm…

— Leisha Hailey

Sometimes you might get inspired by something, write about it, then later that lyrics sounds better on another beat. That's happened a few times.…

— Dizzee Rascal

I generally have lyrics first, but you can't help that when you're writing lyrics you start to get a melody in your head. So…

— Billy Bob Thornton

People say, "You should write lyrics" and I say I'm quite happy not to, because I like being part of that process where you…

— Elton John

When you write a song it's sometimes in a desperate moment whn you can't really articulate it. What I love about lyrics is what…

— Marcus Mumford

When I write lyrics, it's only when I'm angry or hurt or sad. So lyrically it's never really easy going. And the music is…

— Henry Rollins