Music creates order out of chaos: for rhythm imposes unanimity upon the divergent, melody imposes continuity upon the disjointed, and harmony imposes… — Yehudi Menuhin Copy Share Image
There is a lot of melody and things that sound familiar in hundreds of songs. — Wayne Coyne Copy Share Image
About 20 years ago, I had a dream in which somebody sang one of the most beautiful melodies I'd ever heard, and… — Erol Alkan Copy Share Image
There are not more than five musical notes, yet the combinations of these five give rise to more melodies than can ever… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
Perhaps all music, even the newest, is not so much something discovered as something that re-emerges from where it lay buried in… — Jean Genet Copy Share Image
My whole career was launched in such sort of poptastic style with 'Kids In America', and I liked - and like -… — Kim Wilde Copy Share Image
As the musician straineth his strings, and yet he breaketh none of them, but maketh thereby a sweeter melody and better concord;… — Daniel Cawdry Copy Share Image
There's nothing prettier in the world than a melody. I can get lost in a song with a melody. A lot of… — George Jones Copy Share Image
Preparing to improvise is at a level commensurate with mastering the structure in a European classical piece. Another way to define improvisation… — Jimmy Heath Copy Share Image
What makes a great song - you don't put it into words. You feel it. The perfect lyric. The perfect melody. It… — Diane Warren Copy Share Image
I don't really have time to sit down and write. But when I think of a melody, I call up my answering… — Britney Spears Copy Share Image
And they were quiet but their blood and nerves and butterflies were not—they were rampantly alive, rushing and thrumming in a wild… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
No one can threaten poetry. It's always been there, always will be. Humans need it to live: it has sustaining powers. How… — Gregory Orr Copy Share Image
With Rage, we wrote riff rock and had rap vocals, so we didn't really concern ourselves with melody for the most part. — Tim Commerford Copy Share Image
The music enchanted the air. It was like the south wind, like a warm night, like swelling sails beneath the stars, completely… — Erich Maria Remarque Copy Share Image
In '77 there was no Internet, there was no Twitter or Facebook, and I think that, without being some old git who… — Steve Jones Copy Share Image
Along with its enchanting and exquisite melodies, West Side Story has attitude and a tremendous amount of frenetic energy. It's emotional, theatrical… — Steve Vai Copy Share Image
Usually what I do is I write my vocal melody over guitar parts and then I come up with lyrics. — Hope Sandoval Copy Share Image
You know when a song has a melody or some kind of element that affects you, and that is what I am… — Britt Daniel Copy Share Image
In the past, I'd sort of know before Ozzy sang something, what he was going to sing. I'd know what sort of… — Tony Iommi Copy Share Image
I feel pretty comfortable in a lot of different musical styles. I like rhythm, and I like melody and so forth. — Colin Hay Copy Share Image
Akon is a very talented songwriter to work with. His melodies, they're just insane. It's funny, I think about him a lot… — Lady Gaga Copy Share Image
“It flowed and swam around her, filling her blood, and if she could have done so, she would have melted into the… — Sarah J. Maas Copy Share Image
The only criticism heard with any frequency of Elton John's first American album, 'Elton John,' was that the production was too grandiose.… — Jon Landau Copy Share Image
