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title: "7 Melodies Come Quotes by 6 authors"
description: "Browse 7 Melodies Come quotes by 6 authors. Discover the best Melodies Come sayings and thoughts."
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> [I have a very strange melodic gift: melodies come to me effortlessly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-legrand/i-have-a-very-strange-melodic-gift-melodies-come-to-me-effortlessly/)

[Michel Legrand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michel-legrand/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b0e/michel-legrand-42562_melodic_i-have-a-very-strange-melodic-gift-melod_77293.jpg)

> [If, while at the piano, you attempt to form little melodies, that is very well; but if they come into your mind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-schumann/if-while-at-the-piano-you-attempt-to-form-little-melodies-that-is/)

[Robert Schumann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-schumann/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1de/robert-schumann-11519_desire_if-while-at-the-piano-you-attempt-to-for_336377.jpg)

> [Here is how I work: when I think that a film needs to have a principal theme, I search for a melody.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-legrand/here-is-how-i-work-when-i-think-that-a-film-needs-to-have-a-principal/)

[Michel Legrand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michel-legrand/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc8/michel-legrand-42562_asks_here-is-how-i-work-when-i-think-that-a-f_354206.jpg)

> [You can study orchestration, you can study harmony and theory and everything else, but melodies come straight from God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quincy-jones/you-can-study-orchestration-you-can-study-harmony-and-theory-and/)

[Quincy Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quincy-jones/)

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> [I feel like when I get into most rooms, melodies come really easily to me, and they sound good in my head.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maren-morris/i-feel-like-when-i-get-into-most-rooms-melodies-come-really-easily-to/)

[Maren Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maren-morris/)

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> [The melodies I come up with, they're not normal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/future/the-melodies-i-come-up-with-they-re-not-normal/)

[Future](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/future/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/970/future-4659_come_the-melodies-i-come-up-with-they-re-not_2090471.jpg)

> [The melodies come out so strong that I'm like, "Oh, crap." It's really better if they could both be kind of able…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-bird/the-melodies-come-out-so-strong-that-i-m-like-oh-crap-it-s-really/)

[Andrew Bird](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-bird/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/274/andrew-bird-4041_able_the-melodies-come-out-so-strong-that-i-m_2444514.jpg)

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