Melody Quotes

I would listen to something on the radio and try to tap out the melody, then the harmonies.

If Words are the Lyrics, and Laughter the Melody, then a Relationship becomes a Symphony.

I always begin to compose the melody first.

When I pick up the guitar, it's a melody, and that's what drives the lyrics. It's bits and pieces of truth, but it is storytelling.

I liked the Beatles because there was so much melody.

Sometimes I write songs that just come out in a pop format because I grew up on melody and these amazing artists during the 80s. It's my tradition and it's something that I can't really control.

I'm a sucker for pop melodies, things you can't get out of your head.

Science without discrimination Human existence without discipline Friendship without gratitude Music without melody A society without morality and justice Cannot be of benefit to the people.

Wherever you find a sentence musically worded, of true rhythm and melody in the words, there is something deep and good in the meaning too.

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

So that's the challenge for me and that has always been the challenge - finding that melody, that riff, that thing that just lights me up and makes me feel like it's Christmas.

I still have a passion for the music, which is such a beautiful thing. I still wake up in the middle of the night out of a dream and have a melody in my head, and run to my piano.

The nobleness of silence. The highest melody dwells only in silence,--the sphere melody, the melody of health.

In the past, I'd sort of know before Ozzy sang something, what he was going to sing. I'd know what sort of way a melody was going to go 'cause of the way he'd approach it.

Writing a simple melody can take weeks to get it right where I want it, but I do quite enjoy it.

I really love writing themes and melody.

There is a lot of melody and things that sound familiar in hundreds of songs.

Sometimes I feel like a melody doesn't have anything to do with me, but it's just something that comes, is accumulated from me playing on the piano, and then this little creature just appears.

I used to - my earliest memory of waking up with a melody in my head was, you know, 8, 9, 10. I've always heard kind of melodies in my head.

What makes a great song - you dont put it into words. You feel it. The perfect lyric. The perfect melody. It makes you feel something.

Melodies are very important in a song. Having a great melody and a great hook. That's what I would always come up with a great melody and that's important.

At school, I enjoyed playing the bassoon. I was in the orchestra and played the melody when the other boys sang hymns at prayers time.

I think of my life as a kind of music, not always good music but still having form and melody.

I began thinking about the idea of a 24 hour concert. What if you tied songs to certain hours of the day - creating a 24 hour world of lyric and melody. So that was the inspiration for this project.

What else is the power of melody but the power of feeling? Music is the language of feeling; melody is audible feeling - feeling communicating itself.

I would literally never think about melody. I never thought people listened to melody because I listen to words.

I know I can't do everything myself. So I know I specialize in my melodies and I do some of my demo work. I pass it on to my producers who are much better at the production level

I like writing melody without an instrument. It's just so - it's more like the choreography of a bee; you just go.

It's always a pleasure when you can compose guitar parts from a strong vocal and not just put the melody on top of guitar riffs.

You are a beautiful mess, you are the melody.

When the melody touches your heart emotionally and the words hit your brain intellectually, more than likely you'll find you'll have an excellent song to sing.

Love is the sweetest melody of the soul and anything can be catalyst for that.

Every generation gets a chance to change the world Pity the nation that won't listen to your boys and girls Cos the sweetest melody is the one we haven't heard

I still have a very nonintellectual, nonjudgmental relationship with melody and the music as I hear it all in my head.

I get a feeling, on a guitar, and I sort of mess around until something resonates with me, and then I just find that what happens is that a melody comes, and with that, words.

Our griefs cannot mar the melody of our praise, we reckon them to be the bass part of our life's song, 'He hath done great things for us, whereof we are glad.'

Be On Your Way is one of the favorite songs I've ever written. What a terribly sad song, but what a beautiful melody.

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.

Hope sings when all melodies are gone.

All my songs are based on melody, which is retrieved from my Jewish heritage. Melody will always exist no matter what the rhythmic changes there are.

When the uniqueness of a place sings to us like a melody, then we will know, at last, what it means to be home

I like the type of music that can make my heart beat and the melody that makes me high but this type of music isn't popular in Korea.

The genius of a folk melody or story is not the feeling that it's original but quite the opposite - the feeling that it has existed all along.

I love melodies so it's usually where I start.

Demonstration, similitude & harmony are objects of reasoning. Invention, identity & melody are objects of intuition.

The melody is generally what the piece is all about.

I would say that we like to disguise our heartbreaks with happier melodies.

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

If you can do something that doesn't rely on a major melody but still sounds immediate rather than being obtuse and devoid of anything to catch onto, that's great.

Music critics think of lyrics first and don't consider melody but so many songs are lyrically depressing but musically great, and that's why they become classics.