If I play the melody, even if I play it in an abstract manner, it's instantly recognizable. Even when I was studying… — Stefon Harris Copy Share Image
I've never used the word jamming. It's a matter of finding a great song and learning the chords, then slightly altering the… — M. Ward Copy Share Image
My friends: Music is the language of spirits. Its melody is like the frolicsome breeze that makes the strings quiver with love.… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
I've always felt that the game itself is pretty much a melody and I am there to provide the lyrics. You want… — Al Michaels Copy Share Image
I really tried to go for that sound of the '60s pop melodies but I'm living in the present so that makes… — Matt Costa Copy Share Image
You can find me in the melodies, the chord progressions, the song style and structure. The lyrical places you fine me most… — Kristian Bush Copy Share Image
A good picture book can almost be whistled. ... All have their own melodies behind the storytelling. — Margaret Wise Brown Copy Share Image
To George Gershwin, on refusinghim as a pupil: You would only lose the spontaneous quality of your melody, and end by writing… — Maurice Ravel Copy Share Image
I am that which lies beyond time. Like a melody, which sounds completely only after the last note is played. — Anna Kamienska Copy Share Image
Pure and undimmed, thy angel smile Is mirrored on my dreams, Like evening's sunset-girded isle Upon her shadowed streams: And o'er my… — Benjamin Copy Share Image
I had a melody and a rhythm and chords, but nothing to talk about. I remember reading about how the decline of… — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
Often people poopoo melody as if it's a cheap trick to make people like things, but in my experience it's the hardest… — Jarvis Cocker Copy Share Image
My favorite way of working is if somebody gives me a piece of music, because I'm quite limited as a player, so… — Sinead O'Connor Copy Share Image
Sometimes I dream song ideas. I write a song in my dream, the melody and everything. But then sometimes I can't remember… — Lucinda Williams Copy Share Image
Asking the author of historical novels to teach you about history is like expecting the composer of a melody to provide answers… — Lion Feuchtwanger Copy Share Image
Composing a melody or a western song is easier than composing a commercial number. — Mani Sharma Copy Share Image
And over the pond are sailing Two swans all white as snow; Sweet voices mysteriously wailing Pierce through me as onward they… — Heinrich Heine Copy Share Image
The first song I wrote and had published was titled "Just As Long As That Someone Is You". It was written in… — Mickey Newbury Copy Share Image
I've always been jealous of rappers, because they can fit so many words into a song and tell a story with lots… — Skylar Grey Copy Share Image
I have a 'Play The Melody' philosophy. It means don't over arrange, don't make life difficult. Just play the melody-and do it… — Jackie Gleason Copy Share Image
“And of a Sunday swarm the folk Under the honeysuckle vine, Quaffing, the while they talk and smoke, The sun, the melody,… — Théophile Gautier Copy Share Image
I think whatever an artist does, it just has to be quality and good. I think the way Kanye's doing what he's… — Will Ferrell Copy Share Image
