Kind Quote by Perfume Genius

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

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 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

I guess I started writing poetry and stuff and then decided to set it to music.

— Johnny Flynn

I always start with writing vocal melodies before writing lyrics.

— Sigrid

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

— Dan Bejar

When I started to write a tune, I just wrote the nearest at hand, which was what was happening in my own life.

— Jesse Harris

I fell into lyric writing because of music. I backed into it.

— Stephen Sondheim

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

— John Legend

I've had a bit of a crazy life. So writing lyrics in songs is easy for me.

— Tricky

It's a gift that I have and I became good at it. When I heard my first song I didn't even know that I…

— Rico Love

I didn't really start writing music or lyrics or turning them into songs until I went to San Francisco.

— Jello Biafra