Cadence Quote by Pusha T

To me it's just the knock, man. It's the knock and the groove of the beat. When I start a song, it's the first…

— Pusha T

Of all the thoughts that rise in the mind, the thought 'I' is the first thought.

— Ramana Maharshi

It's always music first, or melody and words together, but never words first.

— Adam Duritz

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

No matter what I'm writing, I almost always start with the music. Definitely, the melody seems to set the tone for whatever emotions come…

— Ryan Bingham

I've always thought of music as something which gives the words their flight and their wings and the music often comes first, although sometimes…

— Neil Diamond

Thinking from the very beginning is just starting to think at very start...

— By No Where

I never start a song at the beginning; I always start in the middle, working with the original concept. That might be a loop…

— Goldie

I always begin to compose the melody first.

— Nobuo Uematsu

Melody always comes to me first before words - cadence and melody. When you're humming the melody and it's incredible and words start coming…

— Yelawolf

For me, whenever I choose a song to sing, it's about the lyric first.

— Julie Andrews

[The lyrics and melody] usually come a little simultaneously, but I would say the lyrics are first; usually I have the idea for a…

— Billy Bob Thornton