Bass Quote by Petra Haden

When I first started making music, I wrote the lyrics first, but now, because the music has got kind of wilder, I've flipped it.

— Perfume Genius

The first song I ever wrote was when I was 12, and it had, like, four lines in it. You progress and get better.

— Tom Odell

The first song I wrote was the first song I remember thinking, "Well, maybe I can do something here." The very first one. By…

— Suzanne Vega

I took the song The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face from a folk singer called Bonnie Dobson. I knew her and she…

— Gordon Lightfoot

Professionally, the first time I sang was on 'Alice Upside Down.' It was the first movie that I did, and I had this little…

— Bridgit Mendler

My first song was called 'Portrait.' It would just be poetry, and I really never understood how to write the structure of writing a…

— Ro James

When I first started singing, I didn't know which direction to take - I sang rock & roll and all kinds of things.

— Engelbert Humperdinck

The first song I ever wrote that I liked was called 'When You're Alone.'

— Jade Bird

I've always found some way to kind of incorporate second-line music in what I did.

— Mannie Fresh

I had this knack of writing opening lines to my tunes. This helped in making an instant impression.

— Anu Malik

A lot of my vocals were the first time I ever sang the song.

— David Longstreth

I wrote my first single, 'Keep Your Head Up,' and that's what got me on the radio and helped me develop a whole base…

— Andy Grammer