Able Quote by Utada Hikaru

I don't write lyrics. I hear the track and sing in gibberish over it, then I try and fit words into the phrasing and…

— Kelela

After all, nothing helps to write lyrics more than to mess around with the language.

— Joshua Homme

There are as many ways to write songs as there are songs.

— Gregg Allman

I would be too self-conscious if I just thought of writing lyrics for a song. I have to trick myself into doing it.

— Kim Gordon

People say it's a bit repetitive to say, 'Oh oh oh oh oh oh,' but you can't translate the melody into words.

— Chris Martin

I think you can do a lot with lyrics and melody.

— Alison Sudol

I find it harder to write the lyrics afterwards because then you're just trying to fit them into something that's already there.

— King Tuff

Most times you don't write the song, the song writes you.

— Colin Linden

Usually what I do is I write my vocal melody over guitar parts and then I come up with lyrics.

— Hope Sandoval

I like to write in fairly everyday language - I've always tried to write lyrics that, if people would speak the words, it wouldn't…

— Tim Rice

But when you get to a song, not only do you have to do a vocal melody, you have to write words and not…

— Glenn Danzig

Normally when I'm writing, in the beginning I don't think of lyrics at all. I'm just improvising.

— St. Lucia