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Sometimes songwriters and singers forget that. They get a melody in their head and the notes will take precedence, so that they wind up forcing a word onto a melody. It doesn't ring true.

I think that in order for music to be heard in a lot of different situations you have to always consider that.

I think the melody is the first time I hear in a song and if I like the melody, then I'll pay closer attention to the lyrics.

I start with the music before I start writing the movie. It's such an important part for me, emotionally, to set up the tone for the movie.

I always write lyrics first and the rhythm and the melody come from the lyrics. It always comes from the lyrics: words have rhythm and words have melody.

I've always thought of music as something which gives the words their flight and their wings and the music often comes first, although sometimes I'll have a concept, a title idea, a lyric idea that I want to write and the lyric will come first.

I think throughout the day; there are always lines or certain words, and I'll just keep notes in my phone. It might just be one or two words, and then that could inspire a whole song, lyrically.