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I just go into the studio, look at the lyrics for the first time when I put them on the piano, and go. If I haven't got it within 40 minutes, I give up. It's never changed, the thrill has never gone, because I don't know what I'm going to get next.

— Elton John

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✓Similar Perspectives

I'm never too ambitious when I go into the studio. I always know that I'm just going into the studio to work on or try to develop an idea that I have for a song.

— Tom Scholz

One of my biggest thrills for me still is sitting down with a guitar or a piano and just out of nowhere trying to make a song happen.

— Paul McCartney

Sometimes just getting out of the house and doing something you haven't done in a long time (or never done!) can open up the doors to musical inspiration.

— Ken Hill

In the beginning, I found it hard to give my songs away, but now I've realised it's exciting, and it's only making me better.

— Bebe Rexha

I don't want to get caught up and be an artist always on the go. Because once you do that, it's hard to get into the studio and do what I do.

— Missy Elliott

The way I work on music is that I go into my studio, and I start playing music, and I see what happens, and... I never think about it.

— Moby

I feel like the first record was really finding my feet, figuring out what music I wanted to make... Now that I've done that, I feel like I've got a much clearer idea of what I want to sound like and what I want to discover. It's exciting.

— Flume

✗Opposing Perspectives

When I get into the studio, it's not about trying to get a good song, it's about whatever comes naturally.

— Jessica Mauboy

I've been to the studio several times, and it's not that I'm not happy with what I've got, but each time I come away, I feel that I've learned something that I want to work on.

— Evan Parker

The process is always the same. I get an inspiration for a new song, I put it down on paper immediately so I won't lose it. When I am ready to go to the studio with it, I play it a few times on the piano and edit, add, and type the lyrics and take it to the studio. Sometimes I don't have anything on paper.

— Yoko Ono