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So I concentrated on the rhythmic side of things, and therefore left a lot of holes. I didn't want to use big pad chords…

— Midge Ure

“If we are exhorted to play simple melodies with beauty rather than difficult ones with error, the same should be applied to writing; simple…

— Sonia Rumzi

I have a very strange melodic gift: melodies come to me effortlessly.

— Michel Legrand

It was a matter of not seeing the woods for the trees. Glorious songs have been in Ireland forever, but a lot of these…

— Phil Coulter

There are no rules or certain methods. I usually start with the guitar or piano and sing melodies over the chords. The lyrics seem…

— Jason Reeves

“There are not more than five musical notes, yet the combination of these five give rise to more melodies that can ever be heard.”

— Sun Tzu

At times I have a beat first and then I write. Sometimes I have a melody in my head and I pick up the…

— Nneka

“There are melodies that speak as eloquently as words, that flow logically and inevitably from a single, pure emotion.”

— Rachel Hartman

Singing in Spanish is much more honest, much closer to my roots. For me, Spanish is essential. I still think in Spanish, dream in…

— Juanes

There are not more than five musical notes, yet the combinations of these five give rise to more melodies than can ever be heard.There…

— Sun Tzu

I always enjoy rhythms and melodies, but I always use my voice as more of an instrument and less of a soapbox for me…

— Chino Moreno

I'm usually pretty good at remembering the melodies that I wrote.

— Ramin Djawadi

That's one of the things I like best about folk music is the beautiful melodies - and the harmonies - that exist in it.…

— Roger McGuinn

I just love catchy melodies.

— Borns

I would write poems and think up melodies to them later.

— Jennette McCurdy