If the melodies are strong, it's much easier to see which…

“A man with an Irish accent could sound wise and poetic and interesting even when he wasn’t.”

— Kate Atkinson

“I do not take advice or listen to the words of hypocrites or beings that are not self-realized. It's nothing personal. I am simply…

— Lionel Suggs

Some play the piano well and some badly and there is a great difference in the melodies they produce.

— Mao Zedong

Some may find them merely diverting melodies. Others may find them incitements to Red revolution. And who will say if either or both is…

— Pete Seeger

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

— Michel Legrand

I find that the rhythm of going on long walks will suggest melodies.

— Sting

A song that sounds simple is just not that easy to write. One of the objectives of this record was to try and write…

— Sheryl Crow

There are only so many notes so there must be only so many melodies.

— Willie Nelson

The only criticism heard with any frequency of Elton John's first American album, 'Elton John,' was that the production was too grandiose. The melodies…

— Jon Landau

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

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

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

— Jason Reeves

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

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

— Michel Legrand