Always Quote by Stephen Schwartz

I didn't really want to write just lyrics, but I wanted to meet Leonard Bernstein. Music was always the first reason I was writing…

— Stephen Sondheim

I was composing before I realised I was a composer. I mean it came more or less naturally.

— Richard Meale

The creative process of composing music has always fascinated me.

— Ludovico Einaudi

When I first started making music, I wrote the lyrics first, but now, because the music has got kind of wilder, I've flipped it.

— Perfume Genius

I didn't really start writing music or lyrics or turning them into songs until I went to San Francisco.

— Jello Biafra

I started writing music as a composer in school, in the classical tradition.

— Julia Holter

I run around so much that I finally reasoned that composing is the one musical endeavour which you can do anywhere, anytime.

— Andre Previn

I guess I started writing poetry and stuff and then decided to set it to music.

— Johnny Flynn

Making music, creating lyrics comes very naturally to me.

— Junaid Jamshed

When I think about my career and how it all started, it really started with me getting to a point where I understood how…

— Corey Smith

Songwriting's never been a natural art for me; it's always been a bit of a struggle.

— Rod Stewart

Every now and then, as a composer and producer, it's important to write music for yourself.

— Ludwig Goransson