The marsh, to him who enters it in a receptive mood, holds, besides mosquitoes and stagnation, melody, the mystery of unknown waters,… — William Beebe Copy Share Image
“We must abandon completely the notion of blaming the past for any kind of situation we're in and reverse our thinking and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If you can say the lyrics almost like a poem and they stand up, that's a great thing. Some songs have great… — Harry Connick, Jr Copy Share Image
Traveling to Europe and traveling in the U.S.A. was a much different experience. 'On the Road' exemplified everything glamorous that was happening… — Edward Ruscha Copy Share Image
Your music can be played easily and well by any half-stringed harper or fumble-fingered idiot. Not that I'm maligning your songs. It's… — Anne McCaffrey Copy Share Image
Imagine Eminem writing a play with complex raps and syllables, and melodies flowing in and out. That's what it was like for… — Ryan Montgomery Copy Share Image
For me, the most difficult thing is that I am learning melodies on guitar from some songs whose melodies were not meant… — Dweezil Zappa Copy Share Image
I would literally never think about melody. I never thought people listened to melody because I listen to words. — Nina Nesbitt Copy Share Image
It's always a pleasure when you can compose guitar parts from a strong vocal and not just put the melody on top… — Wes Borland Copy Share Image
The most important ingredient to making a song work is the magic. You've got a melody, you've got words, but on the… — Paul McCartney Copy Share Image
“If life is a song, and God is the divine conductor, I must consider these trials and troubles as the harmony of… — Evinda Lepins Copy Share Image
When the melody touches your heart emotionally and the words hit your brain intellectually, more than likely you'll find you'll have an… — Yip Harburg Copy Share Image
But if you love and must needs have desires, let these be your desires: To melt and be like a running brook… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I write all my own songs and they are just simple melodies with a lot of lyrics. They usually have to do… — Phil Ochs Copy Share Image
“You who are sitting before me have the power to change my consciousness into painting, poem, melody or anything else!” — Suman Pokhrel Copy Share Image
The advantage of the gypsy language, even though I don't understand it that much, the language is perfect melody. So if you… — Emir Kusturica Copy Share Image
Song like a rose should be; Each rhyme a petal sweet; For fragrance, melody, That when her lips repeat The words, her… — Frank Dempster Sherman Copy Share Image
Vocals are not central to what I do, and I've never liked singing live. I've always been more inspired by rhythm, texture,… — Laurel Halo Copy Share Image
I think the emotion that song carries makes it good. Because you have to produce around something - an emotional attachment and… — The-Dream Copy Share Image
I put all those synthesizer sounds behind "Decoy" and "Code M.D." A lot of things we write together. A lot of things… — Miles Davis Copy Share Image
I was in a hardcore band that had no melody, no chance of finding any success, and I was just trying to… — Aaron Bruno Copy Share Image
