Exactly Quote by Nuno Bettencourt

If you're dealing with a musical in which you're trying to tell a story, it's got to sound like speech. At the same time…

— Stephen Sondheim

I just finished a novel, and I'm back kind of noodling on the screenplays. Screenplays are tough. I am making music, I'm just not…

— Michael Nesmith

When I get into the studio, I write from my heart.

— R. Kelly

I have a very difficult time describing my music.

— Les Claypool

Of course, I go into the studio with all the words written down.

— Elizabeth Fraser

When I go into the studio - it [words] has to sound the way I heard it in my head. So that's probably one…

— Kendrick Lamar

I really feel like I honed in on a sound and a style of writing that best fits me.

— Sam Hunt

If I can hear it I can kind of play it. I guess that's how I write, just how something feels.

— Zac Farro

I don't know what the sound is or the song is until I've spent a lot of time on it. I'm always chipping away…

— Adam Granduciel

I just go in the studio and write on the spot and see what comes out.

— Beck

Sometimes something opens up in your brain as I'm writing, thinking about the song, and it's like a whirlwind. It all comes together and…

— Amanda Shires

When I go into a room to write, it's like I'm not trying to say, 'I need to write a song that sounds like…

— Luke Combs