music is not technique and melody, but the meaning of life itself, infinitely sorrowful and unbearably beautiful. — Pearl S. Buck Copy Share Image
I'm not a haiku artist, but I wanted to use the phrase 5, 7, 5 in the melody that flows over time.… — Terry Bozzio Copy Share Image
When I listen to my favorite songwriters, they have such simple melodies and chords. I occasionally manage to stop at the right… — Dave Matthews Copy Share Image
Most people who ask me what's my favorite song, expect that it's 'Midnight Train' or 'Neither One of Us.' But actually, it's… — Gladys Knight Copy Share Image
If I'm proud of one thing in my playing, it's being able to slow it down and focus on the melody. — Synyster Gates Copy Share Image
I think it's something that really speaks in your head - a very strong melody. But at the same time, if the… — Mikal Cronin Copy Share Image
I thought that if I practiced doing melodies for a year or so at home, I would learn to think melodically, and… — Iggy Pop Copy Share Image
When the uniqueness of a place sings to us like a melody, then we will know, at last, what it means to… — Paul Gruchow Copy Share Image
O sleep! O gentle sleep! Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
I write lyrics really fast. When it's time to write, I usually put them off until the very end and then when… — Luke Temple Copy Share Image
It's not always easy for a father to understand the interests and ways of his son. It seems the songs of our… — Fred Rogers Copy Share Image
I want to throw my voice more, I want to manipulate melody more... I want to be less deliberate and mechanical... I… — Sufjan Stevens Copy Share Image
Ever since I was a child I've always been very attracted to melodies. Whether I hear Jeff Beck, a choir, an ocean… — Carlos Santana Copy Share Image
I came up with the "We are explorers," with sort of a counter-melody to [Opetaia Foa'i] melody. And so, it happened so… — Lin-Manuel Miranda Copy Share Image
Hopefully people can look at our band and see that we're a heavy rock band. We're definitely not a metal band, but… — Adam Rich Copy Share Image
I didn't want to be different. I longed to be everything grownups wanted, so they would love me. I followed all their… — Leslie Feinberg Copy Share Image
There is a little bit of a head vs. heart kind of battle that happens sometimes with the song. There's the goose… — Josh Groban Copy Share Image
My beats and my production aren't dark or emo by any means; it's basically the lyrics I think, and the melody sometimes… — Sarah Barthel Copy Share Image
Melodies can be good depending on the context. You can have a simple melody, and if the harmony behind it is interesting,… — Donald Fagen Copy Share Image
It's important to keep your creative muscle strong and working. My most inspiring method though is just sitting down with an acoustic… — Zella Day Copy Share Image
Joy is the sweet voice, joy the luminous cloud. We in ourselves rejoice! And thence flows all that charms or ear or… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
Most people are oriented to words. When the public hears a melody, unless you put words to It, it takes longer to… — Henry Mancini Copy Share Image
I think on the first album, my aim was to write a good song and have a good melody, and I wanted… — Emeli Sande Copy Share Image
