He Quote by Shawn Colvin

Every writer writes in different ways, and so some write the music first, while others write the lyrics first, and some write while they…

— Valerie June

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 always begin to compose the melody first.

— Nobuo Uematsu

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

Music is first, lyrics are secondary.

— Kurt Cobain

The music comes first. Final lyrics are usually written very close to recording the vocals.

— Tobias Forge

I always start with writing vocal melodies before writing lyrics.

— Sigrid

As far as when I'm writing a song, I think I'm writing first and foremost for myself.

— Jon Foreman

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

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

— Adam Duritz

Writing every song is a little journey. The first note has to lift you.

— Enya

I'm a songwriter first.

— Carole King