I went through eight years of classical piano lessons without being able to read notes. I only have to hear a melody… — Liam Howlett Copy Share Image
When I start to write a song, I have the words and I have the melody, and then it's just a matter… — Lou Barlow Copy Share Image
Country is bringing in a little rock element... a little '80s element. Melody is king now. But its just in the music,… — Lionel Richie Copy Share Image
It struck me recently, that one should really consider the sequence of a protein molecule about to fold into a precise geometric… — Christian B. Anfinsen Copy Share Image
When you are accompanying someone, you are listening to them the way you listen to a Bach Chorale, where four parts are… — David Amram Copy Share Image
I've been kind of listening to the composer Britten and his rendition of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream.' The opening track is a… — Dev Hynes Copy Share Image
The melody is French. But that's the end of the record. I named it "Jean Pierre Then There Were None," you know,… — Miles Davis Copy Share Image
I really think of my motives, my melodies, my harmonies, as being these things that are very much alive. They have these… — Missy Mazzoli Copy Share Image
Both Springsteen and Michael Jackson, who had these huge productions, could always scale them back down to just a song and a… — James Bay Copy Share Image
Sometimes my boyfriend would write the lyrics and I would write the melody, and other times I would start from scratch. Or… — Carly Simon Copy Share Image
I like Stan [Getz], because he has so much patience, the way he plays those melodies - other people can't get nothing… — Miles Davis Copy Share Image
I think a melody is a melody. And the way I usually start is I start writing my themes without even writing… — Ramin Djawadi Copy Share Image
Folk melodies are the embodiment of an artistic perfection of the highest order; in fact, they are models of the way in… — Bela Bartok 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
As soon as 'Still D.R.E.' starts playing, you know what it is because of the melody. Most of the world's biggest records… — Scott Storch Copy Share Image
I was able to apply ukulele to whatever I'm trying to write. It's become part of songwriting for me, the knowledge I… — Eddie Vedder 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
Nobody heard records of you playing whatever the melody was on those low strings. It worked out good, you know, about 25… — Lee Hazlewood Copy Share Image
Rhythm and melody enter into the soul of the well-instructed youth and produce there a certain mental harmony hardly obtainable in any… — Plato 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
“I’ve brought this city’s dust and smoke home and washed them with my face and clothes, I’ve picked up its raucous sounds… — Suman Pokhrel Copy Share Image
The melody will tell me what the song should be about, the tone of the song. That's when the intellect comes in.… — Sia Copy Share Image
I can't say that I'm always writing in my head but I do spend a lot of time in my head writing… — Stevie Wonder Copy Share Image
In nature everything is valuable, everything has its place. The rose, the daisy, the lark, the squirrel, each is different but beautiful.… — Diane Dreher Copy Share Image
I was in a hardcore band that had no melody, no chance of finding any success, and I was just trying to… — Aaron Bruno Copy Share Image
The most important ingredient to making a song work is the magic. You've got a melody, you've got words, but on the… — Paul McCartney Copy Share Image
My creative process isn't a long one, so I could have started a song 10 years ago and then finish it 10… — Antony Hegarty Copy Share Image
The advantage of the gypsy language, even though I don't understand it that much, the language is perfect melody. So if you… — Emir Kusturica Copy Share Image
I think the difference between a good song and a great song is... honestly, I think the lyrics, because if you have… — Bonnie McKee Copy Share Image
I would imagine that most of my writing is done spontaneously. I had no intention of writing, and then I'll just walk… — Andrae Crouch Copy Share Image
I was in Paris at an English-language bookstore. I picked up a volume of Dickinson's poetry. I came back to my hotel,… — Gordon Getty Copy Share Image
But my role is to just apply the skills I've learned over the years: you listen to the guitar, you listen to… — Krist Novoselic Copy Share Image
I am now satisfied that the future music of this country must be founded upon what are called negro melodies. This must… — Antonin Dvorak Copy Share Image
Melody always comes to me first before words - cadence and melody. When you're humming the melody and it's incredible and words… — Yelawolf Copy Share Image
When I started writing, I used the singing side of the production as a vehicle for melody and lyrical ideas. Eventually, that… — M. Ward Copy Share Image
“Melody is the essence of music. I compare a good melodist to a fine racer, and counterpointists to hack post-horses; therefore be… — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Copy Share Image
Good painting is nothing else but a copy of the perfections of God and a reminder of His painting. Finally, good painting… — Michelangelo Copy Share Image
For me, the most difficult thing is that I am learning melodies on guitar from some songs whose melodies were not meant… — Dweezil Zappa Copy Share Image
Lyrics are important, but it's hard, because English isn't my first language - although it feels like it is these days! I… — Avicii Copy Share Image
Arguments against photography ever being considered a fine art are: the element of chance which enters in, — finding things ready-made for… — Edward Weston Copy Share Image