Melodies Quotes · Page 2

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

— Willie Nelson

I don't believe in original melodies. There are only so many computations of eight notes.

— Mick Jagger

I personally like melodies. And Mani Sharma garu is the Melody Brahma.

— Nani

If the melodies are strong, it's much easier to see which way I can take them sound-wise.

— Trentemøller

I've noticed that when I write I tend to have slightly poppier melodies.

— Jen Ledger

Every new experience will trigger melodies in my head.

— Gus Dapperton

I write songs with melodies, which have sold for decades.

— Van Hunt

I hear melodies and hooks all day. I've always been that way, since I was a kid.

— John Legend

I kind of always thought that I had a good ear for melodies. I think in terms of melody. I can just…

— Chamillionaire

You don't have to know anything about music to understand what I write. Mine are simple melodies.

— Harry Warren

Some of the best singers are from Malayalam cinema and I must say that Malayalam music is the heart of melodies.

— Devi Sri Prasad

I just wanted to make melodies. I started trying to do my own thing and let the melodies make the genre themselves.

— Kygo

I'm into song-writing; I'm into melodies that break your heart a little bit. That's the thing that got me into music; that's…

— Danger Mouse

What I can feel the most and what I can remember the most are the melodies I want to write to.

— Jon Pardi

It's really hard for me to sing and play bass. Unless you're singing something that's kind of in rhythm with the bass,…

— Kim Gordon

I've always got these little melodies running around in my head, although most of them aren't worth much, and I understand structure…

— Eddie Rabbitt

I knew a lot of chords, but they weren't the chords that came with the melody that came with the idea I…

— Tom T. Hall

When I was younger, I had conversations with friends about wanting to create something different. Every young musician probably thinks that. But…

— FKA twigs

I did Bronislaw Kaper's tune. He wrote "On Green Dolphin Street." I mean, I did all those ballads, all them ballads from…

— Miles Davis

Jazz should be recognized as music of the people, based in a lot of accents and melodies. What is jazz but music…

— Al Jarreau

When I come up with a melody in my head, it could be anywhere: in the shower, on the plane, in bed…

— Martin Garrix

I love writing pop songs and I love the challenge. I love melodies and wanted it to be classy. I wanted it…

— Courtney Jaye

We love great melodies and great songs that have great hooks and melodies, so we start a little bit more on that…

— Dave Haywood

I usually sing a lot on my mixtapes. I sing a lot on songs that just really aren't singles. Even my first…

— Big Sean

I like to come up with the melodies, and I have a lot of ideas as far as structure goes.

— Steven Tyler

I first write melodies that will make people shiver, and then, I add the lyrics.

— Nicky Jam

Often, when I work with a vocalist, I like to focus on the melodies first.

— Flume

I love to write music. I love melodies, I love playing guitar. I just do it for fun.

— Bryan Greenberg

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

— Michel Legrand

Some people like very predictable melodies, and others prefer the less likely notes.

— Daniel Levitin

I'm a sucker for pop melodies, things you can't get out of your head.

— Ryan Tedder

I love melodies so it's usually where I start.

— Sydney Sierota

Make your melodies simple enough so that the average person can hum them.

— Tom T. Hall

Writing beautiful melodies is not fashionable because it is very difficult to do.

— Gian Carlo Menotti

If you listen to Tears for Fears, they had great melodies and less rigid cut-and-paste.

— Dr. Luke

Melodies die out, like the pipe of Pan, with the ears that love them and listen for them.

— George Eliot

It's hard - some people get inspired by a feeling, but I'm mostly inspired by melodies.

— Avicii

“The simplest melodies are the hardest to play”

— Gary Goldschneider

Much as I adore the melodies, I choose a song for what it has to say.

— Julie Andrews

The Beatles were a huge influence on me to write really good melodies.

— Kim Shattuck