Form Quote by Mose Allison

I do spend time trying to find good melodies, and I try to remember them when I do discover them. But also it's mostly…

— Phil Elverum

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

— Grace Potter

I usually start with the words. The rhythm of the words gives me the rhythm of the song, and then I look for the…

— Mel Brooks

Sometimes I start with lyrics - rarely - but sometimes I might have an idea for some lyrics that I wanna say. I write…

— Leon Bridges

A great melodic line is like a person's soul, and coming up with an original melody, it can be like you are illustrating the…

— Ludovico Einaudi

Sometimes I have a melody in my head; sometimes it's just a verse. I read lines from a book or movies that I watch…

— Yuna

Usually now a song starts just in my head with a melody or a lyric idea coming first.Then typically I'll go to a guitar,…

— Eliot Lewis

Sometimes I start just on the piano with a melody or musical idea that kind of leads me to certain lyrics.

— John Legend

Sometimes I just start humming something, find a melody I like a lot, and if it sticks around for a couple days, a few…

— Jack Johnson

I write line by line, by the sound and the weight and the music of the words.

— Jayne Anne Phillips

You have to follow every melodic line, every emotional idea, or you don't get your money's worth.

— Kristin Hersh

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