Chords Quote by Ryan Adams

I like to start with an idea, but then again, I might be sitting at the keyboard, and just playing a bunch of chords…

— Diane Warren

When I'm writing new material, I never have any trouble coming up with ideas.

— Ned Beauman

I have ideas all of the time from the beginning, but they never really wind up turning out like I thought they would.

— Danger Mouse

Ideas are the easy part. The hard part is writing them down.

— Patricia C. Wrede

I have ideas written down some places, but usually I can't find them. I'm not very organized.

— Charlie Kaufman

I usually just have ideas when I have them.

— Vince Staples

The music comes first, like, 99 percent of the time. I come up with the basic chord structure and the melody first and then…

— Mikal Cronin

Sometimes I think that I want to do something strictly basic, really simple. Just with a few chords. But I won't have anything more…

— Tom Jenkinson

You must find the ideas that have some promise in them... It is not enough to just have ideas.

— George Edward Woodberry

Sometimes you run out of ideas, just like if you are a writer or whatever. Then you just have to wait around for something…

— Martina McBride

Ideas are the building blocks of ideas.

— Jason Zebehazy

Sometimes the first step is the hardest: coming up with an idea. Coming up with an idea should be like sitting on a pin-it…

— Kemmons Wilson