Elton John can be a master of the sleight of hand. The arrangements make it seem like there are substantial melodies underneath… — Jon Landau Copy Share Image
I get asked all the time, "What is a George Strait song?" I know it when I hear it. I don't seek… — George Strait Copy Share Image
Usually when I'm in the van or if there's downtime, I'll just mess around in Garage Band and work out melodies or… — Sarah Jaffe Copy Share Image
The melody seems to have gone to the country. The country music seems to still have melody and interesting lyrics. But pop… — Barry Manilow Copy Share Image
Singing in Spanish is much more honest, much closer to my roots. For me, Spanish is essential. I still think in Spanish,… — Juanes Copy Share Image
I always have melodies flowing in my head - whether I'm just at home, at the mall, at a restaurant or wherever.… — Manika Copy Share Image
In old age our bodies are worn-out instruments, on which the soul tries in vain to play the melodies of youth. But… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
I consider music to be storytelling, melody and rhythm. A lot of hip-hop has broken music down. There are no instruments and… — Jack White Copy Share Image
People fall into patterns at fast speeds, when really, to have a clear musical thought - the kind of musical thought that… — John Frusciante Copy Share Image
Most people don't take some things into consideration. When they hear an album, they hear the artist or they hear the lyric… — Dave Grohl Copy Share Image
I used to play the piano, I was pretty decent, so that was the only thing I could hold onto in terms… — Lunice Copy Share Image
When I first came to London I thought there'd be this amazing music scene, but I was quite let down by how… — James Righton Copy Share Image
Jazz took too much discipline. You have to come in at the right place, which is different than me singing the blues,… — Etta James Copy Share Image
Things inspiring me - good melody, a great bass line, a fabulous voice... by which I mean someone who sounds great, rather… — Al Murray Copy Share Image
Rachael Sage is a marvelous young artist- and I am a fan!! 'Haunted by You' has a beauty that shines through her… — Judy Collins Copy Share Image
What I love about '80s rock music is the amazing, fantastic melodies. In pop music, it's all about the techno beat to… — Julianne Hough Copy Share Image
Oh all the times I've listened, and all the times I've heard All the melodies I'm missing, and all the magic words,… — Harry Chapin Copy Share Image
I write all my own songs and they are just simple melodies with a lot of lyrics. They usually have to do… — Phil Ochs Copy Share Image
Religious ideas have the fate of melodies, which, once set afloat in the world, are taken up by all sorts of instruments,… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
Now they are a circle, and they vibrate together, they pulsate together. Their hearts are no longer separate, their beats are no… — Anonymous 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
Doeg, though without knowing how or why, Made still a blundering kind of melody; Spurr'd boldly on, and dash'd through thick and… — John Dryden Copy Share Image
Some minds corrode and grow inactive under the loss of personal liberty; others grow morbid and irritable; but it is the nature… — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
It seemed to travel with her, to sweep her aloft in the power of song, so that she was moving in glory… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
Roger Waters isn't a "great" singer but he's always able to communicate this intense desperation. At times he's not even singing, but… — John Congleton Copy Share Image
It's very much a piece of myself when I write a song. I don't mean to say it's very personal, like the… — Zooey Deschanel Copy Share Image
I'll just start laying out the melody exactly where I want it to fall. And then I'll go back and fill it… — Danny Elfman Copy Share Image
Harmony of period and melody of style have greater weight than is generally imagined in the judgment we pass upon writing and… — William Shenstone Copy Share Image
[Opetaia Foa'i] brought in the melody and the lyrics, but the lyrics were in Tokelauan, and so, we talked about what it… — Lin-Manuel Miranda Copy Share Image
The more perfect the sight is the more delightful the beautiful object. The more perfect the appetite, the sweeter the food. The… — Richard Baxter Copy Share Image
The song could start with a riff that I base the song around. Or a chord progression or a melody I have,… — Orianthi Copy Share Image
Something about Bekka and Haylee reminded her of Candace's line between ingenious and insane. Ingenuity inspired their dreams, and insanity gave them… — Lisi Harrison 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
...I think of improvising as composing - fo me it's all about playing melodies. When I improvise, there's not a lot of… — Robben Ford Copy Share Image
In string theory, all particles are vibrations on a tiny rubber band; physics is the harmonies on the string; chemistry is the… — Michio Kaku Copy Share Image
Melodies are just honest. They can only be what they are. Words have the capacity for deception. Theyre all full of subtext,… — Andrew Bird 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 love melody, and that's what I love about pop music. The words can become what they are through a special melody.… — Anna Ternheim Copy Share Image
The melodies were melodies that anybody could sing or hum or whistle. And the words were just about that simple. I think… — Don Helms Copy Share Image
It's a privilege to serve the poor, to be servants of noble Africans, but I better belong in the rehearsal room or… — Bono Copy Share Image
![“I used to play the piano, I was pretty decent, so that was the only thing I could hold onto in terms of coming up with melodies; but at the time I [still] just couldn't, so my early beats were really sample-based.” quote by Lunice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/00b/lunice-86762_beats_i-used-to-play-the-piano-i-was-pretty-de_1315813.jpg)
![“[Opetaia Foa'i] brought in the melody and the lyrics, but the lyrics were in Tokelauan, and so, we talked about what it could mean and whether this could be the ancestor song. So, I started writing English lyrics to sort of the same melody.” quote by Lin-Manuel Miranda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5db/lin-manuel-miranda-2352_ancestor_opetaia-foa-i-brought-in-the-melody-and_2061405.png)
