Keep going Quote by Rob Crow

Sometimes I start with lyrics - rarely - but sometimes I might have an idea for some lyrics that I wanna say. I write…

— Leon Bridges

Do I start with the lyrics? No. Quite honestly, it's the opposite. I generally get the melody first - I kinda fiddle around on…

— Iron & Wine

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 don't write lyrics. I hear the track and sing in gibberish over it, then I try and fit words into the phrasing and…

— Kelela

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 write most of my own lyrics for my album and I am helping to produce some of the songs as well.

— Lindsay Lohan

I have a tape recorder, and I just sing into it. I like to write that way. Sometimes I'll just get melodic ideas, and…

— Melora Hardin

A lot of times, I'll have a goal, I'll start writing, and I'll end up in some far off place, which is good. It's…

— James Hetfield

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 write lyrics really fast. When it's time to write, I usually put them off until the very end and then when it's time…

— Luke Temple

I have a structured songwriting process. I start with the music and try to come up with musical ideas, then the melody, then the…

— John Legend

I write my own lyrics completely on my own. Sometimes I have people helping me with concepts or like choruses and stuff sometimes, but…

— Big Sean