Melody Quotes · Page 11

My guitar-playing always included bass lines, melody lines, and rhythm-guitar grooves.

— Donovan

A folk melody can exist uniquely but also still be somewhat familiar to you.

— Ruston Kelly

All my music is very simple in that melody is usually clearly stated.

— Carter Burwell

A melody is not merely something you can hum.

— Aaron Copland

Love is a haunting melody that I have never mastered, and I fear I never will.

— William S. Burroughs

With Audioslave, it's all about melody and chord progressions.

— Tim Commerford

I find sadness and strife to be so much more interesting with an upbeat melody.

— Zooey Deschanel

Love is the key-note of the universe-- The theme, the melody.

— Henry Abbey

I really don't have an ear for pitch. I can't sing at all, I can't hum melodies and I can't write riffs.

— Patrick Carney

But I think a song that is really emotionally packed, with a great melody that just will soar, that's the keeper.

— Reba McEntire

I like to come up with the melodies, and I have a lot of ideas as far as structure goes.

— Steven Tyler

I like that Metallica has found a way to have these non-pedestrian arrangements but then the vocal melody is strong and intense.…

— Robert Trujillo

In the Negro melodies of America I find all that is needed for a great and noble school of music.

— Antonin Dvorak

You know when a song has a melody or some kind of element that affects you, and that is what I am…

— Britt Daniel

I'm really good at melodic and sonic things, but I don't really think I have anything to say. But I really enjoy…

— Meshell Ndegeocello

Sing us a song you're the piano man. Sing us a song tonight. Cause we're all in the mood for a melody,…

— Billy Joel

I'll sing over some chords, searching, what does [the music] conjure up, where's the melody taking you? I deliberate over the lyrics,…

— Rod Stewart

Music is given of God to further his purposes. Sweet melodies mellow the souls of men and help prepare them for the…

— Bruce R. McConkie

I love the melody of an unknown language, the strange food, all the surprises of a strange town, and my own impatience…

— Elsa Triolet

All the songwriters that I worked with said they'd like to work with me again. Such things serve as much inspiration for…

— Seungri

I wasn't writing the music. Ed would write a piece of music. I'd listen to it and come up with a melody…

— Sammy Hagar

Eric Peters' music is at the top of what gets played around my house, in my car and while I am running.…

— Jill Phillips

John Coltrane, he talks to god. He starts playing his solo, he might play for 14 minutes. For 14 minutes, it seems…

— Patti Smith

Still, despite all our noise, this universe hinges on a melody, that’s the dismal truth of it. Oh, we can propagandize all…

— Geoffrey Wood

Here is how I work: when I think that a film needs to have a principal theme, I search for a melody.…

— Michel Legrand

People are always asking me what my lyrics mean. Does it mean this, does it mean that, that's all anybody wants to…

— Freddie Mercury

The first song I wrote and had published was titled "Just As Long As That Someone Is You". It was written in…

— Mickey Newbury

Electronic music was just discovery about sound, all our sound options. The core percussions and melodies, they forget about it, they didn't…

— Patrick Watson

There's a unique component of music that is different from, the written pamphlet or a speech. There's something, when you get the…

— Tom Morello

Every time I write a song, it's different. I'm all about the rhythm of the words and the melody. Musically, you gotta…

— Dan Bern

I think on the first album, my aim was to write a good song and have a good melody, and I wanted…

— Emeli Sande

I write lyrics really fast. When it's time to write, I usually put them off until the very end and then when…

— Luke Temple

“Life is a living flute, yoga is the art of creating melody and rhythm in it.”

— Amit Ray

Your face is like a melody. And memories are movies:)

— Jade

It's hard - some people get inspired by a feeling, but I'm mostly inspired by melodies.

— Avicii

I shall take my voice wherever there are those who want to hear the melody of freedom

— Paul Robeson

Life is like a beautiful melody, only the lyrics are messed up.

— Anonymous

For me, the music dictates the melody. Give me a riff to sing over, you know?

— Zakk Wylde

“A poem shouldn't just give melody; it should give meaning.”

— Amit Kalantri

He kissed her, and their souls melted into each other in a melody older than time.

— Melissa de la Cruz