Melody Quotes

For me Brazilian music is the perfect mix of melody and rhythm. It just bubbles rhythmically. If I had to pick just one music style to play if would be Brazilian.

Men have a lot less to write about, unless you're somebody like Tom Waits or John Lennon. And the female voice is much more suited to melody. Men have this barky thing - we're domesticated apes with a microphone.

As long as I can say what it is that I need to say, then I'll fit whatever I'm trying to say around a melody.

I always begin to compose the melody first.

In 1973 we moved to the British Isle of Man, and I put my first band together for one year, named Melody Fair.

A lot of rap songs don't usually have a lot of melody per se.

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.

For me it's always contingent on getting a sound-the sound always suggests what kind of melody it should be. So it's always sound first and then the line afterwards.

The thing is, in English I'm able to write the lyrics as I'm making the song, once I'm done with the melody.

Music creates order out of chaos: for rhythm imposes unanimity upon the divergent, melody imposes continuity upon the disjointed, and harmony imposes compatibility upon the incongruous.

I found a sound that people really liked - I found this basic concept and all I did was change the lyrics and the melody a little bit. My songs, if you listen to them, they're quite a lot alike, like Chuck Berry.

Vivid images are like a beautiful melody that speaks to you on an emotional level. It bypasses your logic centers and even your intellect and goes to a different part of the brain.

One of the dumber things my manager said was, Stick to the melody. But I can't.

I liked the Beatles because there was so much melody. Jimi Hendrix is still one of my heroes.

If I get an idea for a song, I have a melody for it. I'm a musician first. I'm not limited by the fretboard.

There's usually a rhythm and a melody in my head, and that creates an emotional state.

I can't say that I'm always writing in my head but I do spend a lot of time in my head writing or coming up with ideas. And what I do usually is write the music and melody and then, you know, maybe the basic idea. But when I feel that I don't have a song or just say, God, please give me another song. And I just am quiet and it happens.

My sense of divine brings with it a strange sound of music with its glories, a marvellous melody sounding like a multitude of flutes.

I'll just start laying out the melody exactly where I want it to fall. And then I'll go back and fill it out. Whereas, in other pieces I'm really just going a couple bars at a time.

A good idea for lyrics and a melody to expand on.

My buddies worked with me for weeks, and I went up to take my test, and started crying because I couldn't remember the words. I can remember songs. If you put it to a melody, I would have sung it to 'em in a minute.