Men have a lot less to write about, unless you're somebody like Tom Waits or John Lennon. And the female voice is… — Brandon Boyd Copy Share Image
The thing is, in English I'm able to write the lyrics as I'm making the song, once I'm done with the melody. — Utada Hikaru Copy Share Image
I'm not a one-stop music shop with jazz improv in aisle 3 and country and western in aisle 4. I have a… — Charlie Clouser Copy Share Image
When the songs of your heart start singing, you should listen...for its harmony will bring you happiness and the melody is the… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
I find sadness and strife to be so much more interesting with an upbeat melody. — Zooey Deschanel Copy Share Image
It seemed to travel with her, to sweep her aloft in the power of song, so that she was moving in glory… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
I find it very difficult not to write in any sort of Sudanese style. With Sudanese music, there are very specific things… — Ahmed Gallab Copy Share Image
Melodies are just honest. They can only be what they are. Words have the capacity for deception. Theyre all full of subtext,… — Andrew Bird Copy Share Image
Sometimes I start just on the piano with a melody or musical idea that kind of leads me to certain lyrics. — John Legend Copy Share Image
It's funny how the littlest things can make you feel larger than life; the right lyric, the most heartfelt melody, the clearest… — Alex Gaskarth Copy Share Image
There was our father, the heart we knew held all of us. Held us heavily and desperately, the doors of his heart… — Alice Sebold Copy Share Image
Streetlife serenader never sang on stages, needs no orchestration, melody comes easy, need no vast arrangement to do their harmonizing. — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
What is the universe? The universe is a symphony of vibrating strings...we are nothing but melodies. We are nothing but cosmic music… — Michio Kaku Copy Share Image
The dilemma of the eighth-grade dance is that boys and girls use music in different ways. Girls enjoy music they can dance… — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
Folk music is the original melody of man; it is the musical mirror of the world. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Music is given of God to further his purposes. Sweet melodies mellow the souls of men and help prepare them for the… — Bruce R. McConkie Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I think the way I write is kind of naturally rhythmic. If there's anything of my own in my writing, I think… — Jazmine Sullivan Copy Share Image
Sometimes I write notes that I have difficulty singing. And you start talking yourself out of the bold melody and start wanting… — Elvis Costello Copy Share Image
If you listen to a lot of the songs that are popular now, there's very little melody in there. People love the… — Branford Marsalis Copy Share Image
I try to write lyrics that will be able to function on their own if they get separated from the music. But… — John K. Samson Copy Share Image
We must see that peace represents a sweeter music, a cosmic melody, that is far superior to the discords of war. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
I found it more pleasurable to write something, sing a melody over it. At a very young age, I kind of honed… — DJ Ashba Copy Share Image
Our heirs, whatever or whoever they may be, will explore space and time to degrees we cannot currently fathom. They will create… — Clifford A. Pickover Copy Share Image
