Bees Quote by Tom Waits

I like vocal word stuff. But I don't always write with an instrument, I usually write a capella. It's more like drawing in the…

— Tom Waits

It is amazing when you try and write songs without an instrument. It kind of forces the melody to be honed it. It has…

— Graham Colton

I usually write my music on a piano, and I really enjoy performing that way, because that actually shows how the music was in…

— Zedd

For me, the guitar synthesizer is a great writing instrument.

— Andy Summers

If you can do something that doesn't rely on a major melody but still sounds immediate rather than being obtuse and devoid of anything…

— Alexis Taylor

I hear these melodies. I hear horn lines and string lines. That's what's fun about recording with an orchestra.

— Barbra Streisand

There's music every day. I don't think I could write without it. Not that I listen while I'm writing. It's more hearing a piece…

— Nick Hornby

Writing a simple melody can take weeks to get it right where I want it, but I do quite enjoy it.

— Trevor Rabin

As an audience member, I like the sound of something that's been written - I like it to sound written. And then, of course,…

— Aaron Sorkin

I personally believe that most people that play an instrument would be able to write a few songs here and there. But they say,…

— Keith Richards

I've always wanted to make music like people write plays, so I was inspired by writers as much as musicians.

— St. Vincent

I like to hear melodies that go from one extreme to the next- saxophone to a bell to a whistle, for instance.

— Roscoe Mitchell