The Italians are very unmusical. If I go to a Protestant church in London or Amsterdam or listen to a black choir,… — Gian Carlo Menotti Copy Share Image
The most difficult thing in music is still to write a melody of several bars which can be self-sufficient. That is the… — Darius Milhaud Copy Share Image
So I write melodies - thirty, forty, fifty - then I cast them off until I have just two or three. If… — Michel Legrand Copy Share Image
I'm not a fan of that sort of punky, heavy, tinny stuff. I like a nice melody. — George Harrison Copy Share Image
The music of revelation announces itself to the reader in somber brooding tones or in melodies light as air and one is… — Aberjhani Copy Share Image
My voice is my improvisational instrument, the melody instrument. The guitar is harmonic structure. I'm not a good enough guitarist to improvise… — Paul Simon Copy Share Image
The only thing I envy about a cat is its purr," remarked Dr. Blythe once, listening to Doc's resonant melody. "It is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I'm the kind of person who can hear that stuff. If you sing along to the radio and you're not going to… — Art Garfunkel Copy Share Image
The most perfect melodic shapes are found in Mozart; he has the lightness of touch which is the true objective ... Listen… — Richard Strauss Copy Share Image
A great song for me is when I hear it and it's contagious. The lyrics and the melody, if grows on you… — Easton Corbin Copy Share Image
Working with (new collaborators) and letting people in to try new melodies and new lyrical ideas was very hard. — Gwen Stefani Copy Share Image
For me it's always contingent on getting a sound-the sound always suggests what kind of melody it should be. So it's always… — Brian Eno Copy Share Image
I think more influential than Emily Dickinson or Coleridge or Wordsworth on my imagination were Warner Brothers, Merrie Melodies and Looney Tunes… — Billy Collins Copy Share Image
You can have a great lyric and a so-so melody; it's going to be a tough sell. — Herb Alpert Copy Share Image
Emotions of any kind are produced by melody and rhythm; therefore by music a man becomes accustomed to feeling the right emotions;… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
So much of my career has been about saying things the way people say them, using melodies not that I can sing… — Lionel Richie Copy Share Image
I sat down at the piano and my hands began to browse over the keys. Thensomething happened. I felt as though I… — Thomas A. Dorsey Copy Share Image
I liken movies to playing a piano: Sometimes you're playing the chords and different notes with unresolved cadences and playing all major… — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
Remixes come very quickly, because you already have the melody and the vocals. I have a great passion for music, so it… — Tiesto Copy Share Image
A French friend brought over a load of Gainsbourg vinyl and I worked my way through it: by the time I got… — Sylvie Simmons Copy Share Image
I wasn't writing the music. Ed would write a piece of music. I'd listen to it and come up with a melody… — Sammy Hagar Copy Share Image
Sometimes I start with a great title or idea, sometimes a great melody will run through my mind; but the higher percentage… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
I usually dream of melodies. When I wake up I have them in my head. I usually come up with things in… — Leona Lewis Copy Share Image
