It's always music first, or melody and words together, but…

“Music is a melody of words that gets into your soul”

— Fiona MacKie

Harmony is the third element of music, after melody and rhythm, and also the one which requires the most study to actually master. People…

— Chilly Gonzales

Not every song I write is ecstasy. And it can happen only one time. After that, when you sing the same melody and words,…

— Paul Simon

I think it all comes back to the individual. My instrument's just a pile of metal and wood! If you listen to the way…

— Stefon Harris

The only form of music is melody, without melody music is not feasible, and music and melody are quite inseparable.

— Richard Wagner

People say it's a bit repetitive to say, 'Oh oh oh oh oh oh,' but you can't translate the melody into words.

— Chris Martin

Music is the melody whose text is the world.

— Arthur Schopenhauer

You can't under-estimate the power of uplifting melody and words.

— Judith Durham

I really admire songwriters or any kind of writer, painter or artist that says, "I'm going to get up at 8 o'clock in the…

— Langhorne Slim

“Music is the melody that longs to be heard by someone who can appreciate it.”

— Suzette Vearnon

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

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge

“O music! A melody occurs to you; you sing it silently, inwardly only; you steep your being in it; it takes possession of all…

— Hermann Hesse

“He starts to hum, a haunting melody. No words ride the music, only the familiar notes of a forgotten song.”

— A.G. Howard

“The butterflies began waltzing in my belly again, this time to the sweet melody of his words. Words that were meant for me. I”

— Bianca Scardoni

A good melody may be translated into any language while still remaining consistent with the tune since music and melody know no boundaries.

— Tanishk Bagchi