Melodies Quotes

In English, the sounds and melodies I created were an inspiration to me, and words came to me as I explored the sounds, and from there I was able expand on the meaning.

Unless you're singing something that's kind of in rhythm with the bass, the melodies, it's just difficult.

There are only so many notes so there must be only so many melodies.

There, in the chords and melodies, is everything I want to say. The words just jolly it along. It's always been my way of expressing what for me is inexpressible by any other means.

The more melodies and chord changes, the less good it is for the clubs, but the better it is for radio, because it makes it really emotional.

You don't have to know anything about music to understand what I write. Mine are simple melodies.

In country music the lyric is important and the melodies get a little more complex all the time, and you hear marvelous new singers who are interested in writing and interpreting a lyric and in all form of popular music.

So I concentrated on the rhythmic side of things, and therefore left a lot of holes. I didn't want to use big pad chords everywhere. All of the songs are built up of small melodies and counter melodies all played very rhythmically.

Most of those melodies are me trying to find out what notes fit, and then hitting ones that don't fit in a very interesting way.

But Contra la Puerta was done mostly in the opposite way, starting with sounds and melodies.

Ever since I was a child I've always been very attracted to melodies. Whether I hear Jeff Beck, a choir, an ocean or the wind, there's always a melody in there.

When you are accompanying someone, you are listening to them the way you listen to a Bach Chorale, where four parts are going on at the same time, all of which are gorgeous melodies, all being played simultaneously.

By the end of it, you never know how it's going to turn out. Hopefully if I pick the right songs and put the right melodies on it and all the collaboration works out. it's a win-win situation.

Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter.

When I listen to my favorite songwriters, they have such simple melodies and chords. I occasionally manage to stop at the right time, but all too often I keep on going until I have way too many notes and words. But that's just what I do.