Figures Quote by Roy Hargrove

When you sit down and write a song, you kind of have the idea for the song, and you sit there at the piano…

— Trey Parker

Sometimes I have a melody in my head; sometimes it's just a verse. I read lines from a book or movies that I watch…

— Yuna

From the time I could play the piano, I remember trying to write tunes. They were in my head, and I would just sit…

— Marvin Hamlisch

I can sit down at the piano and make you think I know how to play the piano because I know, like, the beginnings…

— Allison Janney

I don't really have time to sit down and write. But when I think of a melody, I call up my answering machine and…

— Britney Spears

I can't read or write music. When I want to remember something, I try to remember all the keys on the piano. Which is…

— Melvin Van Peebles

I'm a very melody-driven writer and I have a rule that I don't write anything down because if I can't remember the melody than…

— Justin Timberlake

The way I write is, I listen to things in my head, and then I copy them down. I memorize conversations and things like…

— Harvey Pekar

I always write with music. It takes me a while to figure out the right piece of music for what I'm working on. Once…

— Kate DiCamillo

I learned when I started to study piano that I could play by ear. I could hear a song on the radio a couple…

— Ronnie Milsap

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

— John Legend

I'm just trying to work out how to write music now, because I've never had the opportunity where my number-one priority is writing music.…

— Flume