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. — Utada Hikaru Copy Share Image
I would listen to something on the radio and try to tap out the melody, then the harmonies. — Michel Legrand Copy Share Image
Brazilian music has many of the ingredients that I strive for in my own music: Strong melodies and a disciplined but intense… — Chuck Mangione Copy Share Image
A song that sounds simple is just not that easy to write. One of the objectives of this record was to try… — Sheryl Crow Copy Share Image
“Each day we draft a new movement in our symphony of life; what melody will you compose today?” — Ken Poirot Copy Share Image
What makes a great song - you dont put it into words. You feel it. The perfect lyric. The perfect melody. It… — Diane Warren Copy Share Image
The reader's impression is one of a dream - the only thing that's left upon waking is the memory of a melody… — Dumitru Tepeneag Copy Share Image
We knew that we wanted to play heavy music but I hadn't gotten into melody and things like that. — Adam Rich Copy Share Image
Any kind of anthemic song, for the most part, they're on the positive side of things. It's not hard to identify when… — Feist Copy Share Image
Emotions of any kind are produced by melody and rhythm; therefore by music a man becomes accustomed to feeling the right emotions;… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
I liken movies to playing a piano: Sometimes you're playing the chords and different notes with unresolved cadences and playing all major… — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
I feel my spot is somewhere between a bass player and a rhythm guitar player. I play with a pick. I play… — Nikki Sixx Copy Share Image
I just recorded in studios, you know, people pressed the buttons for me. So I just started recording the bass lines and… — Petra Haden Copy Share Image
Writing is like listening to a melody line in my head. Note by note, it knows where it wants to go. I… — Julia Cameron Copy Share Image
I'm working with a producer, Scott Jacoby, who co-wrote "Trouble" off No Beginning No End. Without giving away too much, it's a… — Jose James Copy Share Image
At times I have a beat first and then I write. Sometimes I have a melody in my head and I pick… — Nneka Copy Share Image
Paul Simon once said that a songwriter's supreme challenge was being complex and simple at the same time-writing songs with lasting depth… — Paul Zollo Copy Share Image
I've just really been into melody and lyrics and songwriting. Writing a rap, to me, is easy. I could write a rap… — Kid Rock Copy Share Image
Music burst through him, perfect notes he hear rarely. Fire and ice, wind and calm, sky and earth, water and rock all… — Christine Feehan Copy Share Image
I'm not the kind of guy who walks around with a notebook writing lyrics. For me, melody and song structure come first… — Cary Brothers Copy Share Image
I didn't realize how different our band's senses of melody actually were. I would write a part that just made perfect sense… — Zach Condon Copy Share Image
CSPS is a breath of musical fresh air. With a whale sized hooks and neck wrenching riffs you’ll have more than you… — Brett Hestla Copy Share Image
The music enchanted the air. It was like the south wind, like a warm night, like swelling sails beneath the stars, completely… — Erich Maria Remarque Copy Share Image
As a relentless gatherer of moments, I find that my favorite images, although grounded in the present, are like spirits shaped by… — Sylvia Plachy Copy Share Image
We poison the wine as He decants it into us; murder a melody He would play with us as the instrument...Hence all… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
I try to focus on the melodies and try to make everything else minimal. The melody and the lyrics are most important… — Sharon Van Etten Copy Share Image
In fact, I love singing. I just have a small problem with pitch, tune, melody, and lyrics. But that's never stopped me. — Kevin Daniels Copy Share Image
A lot of Woody Guthrie's songs were taken from other songs. He would rework the melody and lyrics, and all of a… — John Mellencamp Copy Share Image
The human brain is a funny thing: it's very susceptible to tempo and melody. You put the right words to it, and… — Ray Stevens Copy Share Image
The ageless melody, unheard, heals; the healing vision, unseen, leads; the true leaders, immortal, know… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
If I'm proud of one thing in my playing, it's being able to slow it down and focus on the melody. — Synyster Gates Copy Share Image
“You who are sitting before me have the power to change my consciousness into painting, poem, melody or anything else!” — Suman Pokhrel Copy Share Image
Its a combination of melody and lyrics, not one without the other. Its a confluence of these different elements that makes something… — Michael Bolton Copy Share Image
If the melody is telling me this is what the song is about, then I'm sort of forced into confession, autobiography or… — Ben Folds Copy Share Image
Here is how I work: when I think that a film needs to have a principal theme, I search for a melody. — Michel Legrand Copy Share Image
I record into my phone as soon as I hear a track. Melody comes first for me, and then my gibberish usually… — Keiynan Lonsdale Copy Share Image
I would love to write a song that's exciting, bright, and has a fresh melody and lyrics. — Jeongyeon Copy Share Image
The only form of music is melody, without melody music is not feasible, and music and melody are quite inseparable. — Richard Wagner Copy Share Image
I believe that melody is such a lost part of music and country music. People are either scared of it or not… — Kristian Bush Copy Share Image
I like to get a vibe first, then a melody and really beat up the melody for a while, then try and… — Matt Squire Copy Share Image
