Firsts Quote by Natalie Grant

The art of songwriting is just stumbling your way to something really special, and you don't know what you're going to write until you…

— Maren Morris

You always know when a real inspiration is behind the melody, arrangements, even lyrics. And I know that's really vague, but it's true.

— Zach Condon

Wherever inspiration comes from, it's like I'll hear a melody and chords, almost a rough structure of the whole thing [song]. I'll just hear…

— Chris Wyse

I don't really have a set-in-stone process or formula. Sometimes the melody is there and I have to chase down the lyrics. Sometimes, the…

— Kasey Anderson

I have a structured songwriting process. I start with the music and try to come up with musical ideas, then the melody, then the…

— John Legend

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

Do I start with the lyrics? No. Quite honestly, it's the opposite. I generally get the melody first - I kinda fiddle around on…

— Iron & Wine

Songwriting is reliant on inspiration, which ideally you don't have that much control over. Songs kind of half make themselves, and then you have…

— Win Butler

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

— Leon Bridges

I'm all about melodies, and I find myself improvising most of the time with lyrics. Then I stick to a couple of lyrics and…

— Sophie Thatcher

I always write lyrics first and the rhythm and the melody come from the lyrics. It always comes from the lyrics: words have rhythm…

— Ken Hensley

I have a tape recorder, and I just sing into it. I like to write that way. Sometimes I'll just get melodic ideas, and…

— Melora Hardin