Mika Quotes

It's hard to know exactly what it sounds like to me. I'm in the studio and I write it. and that's it.

I know already the music I will write. But the words? I have not yet decided.

I like to write music. And I think exploring with lyrics and figuring out how to make complete songs is fun. I think I have a take on it. I don't know if it's great, but it's an interesting take. It's original.

It's very demanding to make up your own music.

I write music visually.

I'm always writing music.

But then you have to write a song, so at that point, I picked up the reins and started to write lyrics.

I can write music but I'm not much for words.

I write a lot of rhymes, but I don't really end up using them a lot of times, and I end up just freestyling. I like to write music, though, more than I like to freestyle, to be honest.

There's many, many ways to write a song. But generally, sitting down at a table and writing is not one of them.

I actually write my own music whenever I have a chance. I play guitar and sing.

I keep this crazy notebook of song ideas.

Ultimately, I'm a fan of music. I describe writing music sometimes as hieroglyphics, like, you know, excavating, gently brushing off these artifacts and discovering the song underneath it all. It seems as if it is already written in it.

It's hard to decide how to match words to music. It's not like it's twice the work. It's always difficult for me to explain to the composer what I'm looking for. I'm not a professional; I lack even basic knowledge about writing music.

For me, making music just starts with a simple melody, and lyrics will come sometime after that.

I was never a 'sit down with a notepad and write lyrics' kind of person.

I've never written a song in my life. It's all a big hoax.

There's no magic for getting into the groove... just banging away at it. Sometimes the lyrics come first, sometimes the music.

The further the music develops, the more complex the apparatus used by the composer to express his thoughts becomes.

Sometimes I'll come up with a lick that I really love, and I'll try to put the right words to it for years. Suddenly something comes to me that works just right.

Music always turns into music. As soon as I play a key, push a key down, there's no theory any more. When I go and I hear a sound on the keyboard, all theories go out the window.

If I try to write a song, I will completely fail to write a song. But if I'm just holding my guitar and I just start humming, then I'll have a song in an hour.

I get the music, I get the beats. And I go to the studios and write the lyrics.

I just play the guitar and write songs.

I started writing rhymes first and then put it to the music. I figured out I could lock it to the beat better if I heard the music first. I like to get a lot of tracks, put the track up and let the music talk to me about what it's about.