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I push myself in a lot of aspects when I write a song. I write a piece and where most people would stop and…

— Drake

The stuff that I make and the things that I talk about, you have to listen, so if the beat is doing too much,…

— Lupe Fiasco

So I'll set a cycle in motion and pop it into record and I'll lay down a drum pattern, a bass line, a keyboard…

— Thomas Dolby

If I improvise vocals at an early stage of the song, I just kind of listen to the roll, and then I kind of…

— Adam Granduciel

My idea is to play with the people who you know want to get it right. Then it's fun and easy to record, and…

— Ben Folds

When I'm recording, I usually just mumble and hum a melody and then fill the words in as I go.

— Tierra Whack

Normally, you go into the recording studio, make a record and then take it on the road and you think... wow... I could have…

— Brian Setzer

You can do a lot to shape the feeling of a song by the way you record it.

— Conor Oberst

I never freestyle. I always give a written verse cause I just don't wanna go out like that.

— Lil Yachty

We play a beat for 15, 20 seconds and know if we want to get on it. When we record a verse, it's no…

— Takeoff

Some artists send their verses, and others record in my studio. Depends. I prefer them being there.

— Statik Selektah

As for my stuff, I'm just doing guest verses for other people's records. I try to stay recording, because if I don't, I get…

— Eminem