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Usually, I make a simple beat, throw in the acapella, and then I just improvise on the piano. Whatever comes up, I record the…

— Shook

As a songwriter, I go into the studio, and I just try to write a great song.

— Luis Fonsi

When you sit down and write a song, you kind of have the idea for the song, and you sit there at the piano…

— Trey Parker

When you're in the studio, you have to get the bare-bones, crystallized version of the song you've written. That's the blueprint for everything else.…

— John Popper

I do a lot of editing and switching around and putting little pieces together to get the right mood and personality, and it takes…

— Matt Berninger

I tend to work on a song, generate ideas, and re-arrange it like five times, and I'm glad I take the time to do…

— Britta Phillips

The music starts as being way separate from the lyrics, and I write - I have notebooks that I fill with drawings and just…

— Zachary Cole Smith

I write in the studio, I don't sit around with a piano or a guitar and write songs. I get satisfaction out of that…

— John Cale

Rarely a producer gives me music and I write to it. I think that's too easy. Most of the time for me, it's on…

— Brooke Valentine

I write when I have to; I write when the song is done and I deal with the idea and I just go with…

— Kerry King

You can't manufacture inspiration, so a lot of it is still a waiting game for me. There's still a lot of mystery to songwriting.…

— Conor Oberst

I tend to write songs fast, so the process usually only lasts around 30 minutes. In the studio is where I really can artistically…

— Alan Cohen