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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

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

— Grace Potter

I always start with the lyrics, because starting with the music means the words will be bad.

— Dan Bejar

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

I feel like I'm still learning a lot with writing lyrics. In the beginning, like the first record, I wasn't so aware.

— Yukimi Nagano

The music starts as being way separate from the lyrics, and I write - I have notebooks that I fill with drawings and just…

— Zachary Cole Smith

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 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

Ironically, when I was playing in my first band, I would deliberately not write down any lyrics. I have a really good memory and…

— Craig Finn

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

I just make up lyrics off the top of my head. A lot of times, there's a phrase I really like, and I kind…

— Washed Out

I start with the subject matter I want to write about. Then I make a musical base for that and create an atmosphere with…

— Midge Ure