Lyrics Quote by Tarja Turunen

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 start with writing vocal melodies before writing lyrics.

— Sigrid

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

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

— John Legend

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

Rarely do I finish a song lyrically before I have a musical idea there, but then again, rarely ever would I finish a song…

— Hozier

I've always thought of music as something which gives the words their flight and their wings and the music often comes first, although sometimes…

— Neil Diamond

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

It's always amazing seeing the song-writing process. A song just starts off as just an idea or a story you want to tell. It…

— Manika

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

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

— Leon Bridges

I write the music because I can't really write lyrics. But I can write chords like Robin's never heard of. So I provide the…

— Maurice Gibb