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
In my songs, I'm not saying something that's never been said before. The have lyrics aren't going to blow people away. It's… — Bruno Mars Copy Share Image
All them weird chords which don't mean a thing...you got no melody to remember, and no beat to dance to — Louis Armstrong Copy Share Image
The principle of the endless melody is the perpetual becoming of a music that never had any reason for starting, any more… — Igor Stravinsky Copy Share Image
Always, a form of self-equilibration, a soul or psyche, is trying to assert itself, to continue the melody of its self-realized life. — Kenny Smith Copy Share Image
I love 'Shadow' the most! The melody is awesome, and I really like how the lyrics express genuine emotions. — Dahyun Copy Share Image
The genius of a folk melody or story is not the feeling that it's original but quite the opposite - the feeling… — Susan Orlean Copy Share Image
When you write a play, you work out like a musician on a piece of music. You find all the rhythms and… — Sam Shepard Copy Share Image
John Coltrane, he talks to god. He starts playing his solo, he might play for 14 minutes. For 14 minutes, it seems… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
I'm trying to be expressive on my instrument and conduct as I'm improvising. So I'm conducting with the melodies and the rhythms… — Joe Lovano Copy Share Image
I certainly think there are things that impressed me as a child about the church. The smells and the sounds and the… — Jonathan Meiburg Copy Share Image
I'll sing over some chords, searching, what does [the music] conjure up, where's the melody taking you? I deliberate over the lyrics,… — Rod Stewart Copy Share Image
I love the melody of an unknown language, the strange food, all the surprises of a strange town, and my own impatience… — Elsa Triolet Copy Share Image
Music is given of God to further his purposes. Sweet melodies mellow the souls of men and help prepare them for the… — Bruce R. McConkie Copy Share Image
For those of us who have been thrown into hell, mysterious melodies and the torturing images of a vanished beauty will always… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
My fingers traced the melody on an invisible keyboard—my usual way to connect with the music, to feel its emotions on my… — Ella Leya Copy Share Image
I approach song writing three different ways. One way is where I write the initial melody and lyrics first and then take… — Manika Copy Share Image
What happens a lot with songwriting is that a melody or rhythm or something stays with you like catching a cold. And… — Thom Yorke Copy Share Image
Well, the first thing I do is I try to listen to whatever rapping is already on the track. I listen for… — Bun B Copy Share Image
Wherever inspiration comes from, it's like I'll hear a melody and chords, almost a rough structure of the whole thing [song]. I'll… — Chris Wyse Copy Share Image
And yet I do love a kind of light, melody, fragrance, food, embracement when I love my God; for He is the… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
The world's history is a divine poem, of which the history of every nation is a canto, and every man a word.… — James A. Garfield Copy Share Image
I am quite surprised and rather disappointed by the loneliness, isolation and indeed demonisation the sadly misunderstood CO2 is experiencing. Thus, upon… — Nick Minchin Copy Share Image
There is eloquence in the tongueless wind, and a melody in the flowing brooks and the rustling of the reeds beside them,… — Percy Bysshe Shelley 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
“we're all freaks sometimes, Melody," he replied. "You're just... well, better at it than most.” — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“Melody's an F5 tornado, and I've easily settled into my roll of playing National Guard and cleaning up her messes.” — J.M. Darhower Copy Share Image
There's been this argument about Coldplay stealing this melody from Joe Satriani, but, if you listen to it, it's mine! It's the… — Cat Stevens 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
When I pick up the guitar, it's a melody, and that's what drives the lyrics. It's bits and pieces of truth, but… — Ray LaMontagne Copy Share Image
I enjoy and understand melody before I create it. But the challenge is that I've also got to satisfy the film going… — Vidyasagar Copy Share Image
People say it's a bit repetitive to say, 'Oh oh oh oh oh oh,' but you can't translate the melody into words. — Chris Martin Copy Share Image
Rock music is quite big in India - but it mostly just replaces all the intricacies of Indian rhythms and Indian melody… — Jonny Greenwood Copy Share Image
Even if I have a quite strong melody, there are so many possibilities and so many directions that you can take the… — Trentemøller Copy Share Image
Melodies die out, like the pipe of Pan, with the ears that love them and listen for them. — George Eliot Copy Share Image
I like writing melody without an instrument. It's just so - it's more like the choreography of a bee; you just go. — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
When you're just singing a beautiful melody with a story that's true to the heart, you don't need a lot of embellishment. — Emmylou Harris 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
Singing a melody is like a lot of easier and when you sing harmony you have to really kind of know music… — Kenan Thompson Copy Share Image
music is not technique and melody, but the meaning of life itself, infinitely sorrowful and unbearably beautiful. — Pearl S. Buck Copy Share Image
![“I'll sing over some chords, searching, what does [the music] conjure up, where's the melody taking you? I deliberate over the lyrics, I really do. I'll come up with one line in a day, and then it might be a couple of days before I come up with the rhyming line. It's never been easy for me.” quote by Rod Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f4/rod-stewart-2099_chords_i-ll-sing-over-some-chords-searching-wha_1165210.png)
![“Wherever inspiration comes from, it's like I'll hear a melody and chords, almost a rough structure of the whole thing [song]. I'll just hear it and chase what's in my head. The rest comes from jamming with band, improvising, seeing what comes up as well. I'll come up with it off the top of my…” quote by Chris Wyse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a3c/chris-wyse-47819_band_wherever-inspiration-comes-from-it-s-lik_348061.jpg)
