I think Quote by Zacky Vengeance

When we start to write for a new record, we never really know what we're doing. We don't come into the room with a…

— Vince Clarke

When I'm writing, those ideas are seldom inspired by music itself. I won't often listen to an artist and come up with an idea.

— St. Lucia

We don't ever write stuff individually and say, 'OK, this is gonna be the song.' We bring in ideas in their rawest form and…

— Justin Chancellor

When it comes to song creation, I throw in my ideas and have it discussed with the producer. The song gets its own characteristic…

— Hyuna

I can write a song and a thousand people could hear it and there will be countless different reasons why those people get something…

— Chuck Ragan

Maybe 80 percent of what we conceive to be a song idea or the meaning of a song is not exactly what the artist…

— Matt Corby

All of our songs take these really big creative turns and twists throughout the process, so sometimes songs will start out as a melody…

— Chester Bennington

I like the idea that a song can be something that you can lean on, both for the songwriter and for the person who…

— Rostam Batmanglij

Every human being sees something different in a painting, so I want every single person to have their own thoughts about our songs.

— Shavo Odadjian

Any one thing can get in the way of you and your brain being comfortable and being inspired. It's the difference between a really…

— Lauv

There's always ideas buzzing around, but it's whether they actually end up materialising into a song.

— Kate Bush

Those things interest me a lot in songwriting - the human nature of how people think, and the muck that we wind up in.

— Jakob Dylan