'Something More' is a song that I wrote not necessarily about country radio, more so about a lot of songs that were… — Scotty McCreery Copy Share Image
Pure and undimmed, thy angel smile Is mirrored on my dreams, Like evening's sunset-girded isle Upon her shadowed streams: And o'er my… — Benjamin Copy Share Image
I really like the reggae concepts like the culture vibe. They speak on everything that's going on, they don't have limits. They… — Sean Kingston Copy Share Image
Cornelius Cardew's folk songs were very, very literal, and they were just about workers smashing their chains. It was like reading Das… — Alasdair MacLean Copy Share Image
Solos I kind of [couldn't] care less about. I know most people probably think that's what I care *most* about, but it's… — Joe Satriani Copy Share Image
My buddies worked with me for weeks, and I went up to take my test, and started crying because I couldn't remember… — Barry McGuire Copy Share Image
In the creative industries, there are few things more exciting than a zinger - a thought, idea, line, plot device - anything… — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
I think my first experience of art, or the joy in making art, was playing the horn at some high-school dance or… — Robert Pinsky Copy Share Image
He took in the squeaky music, the vulgar and pining melodies, because passion immobilizes good taste and seriously considers what soberly would… — Thomas Mann Copy Share Image
Nature hav no music; nor would ther be for theeany better melody in the April woods at dawnthan what an old stone-deaf… — Robert Bridges Copy Share Image
It's very rare - and it does happen on occasion - where I'll take a piece of lyric and I'll just sit… — Geddy Lee Copy Share Image
Sound continues to be a mystery to me, in that one could create infinite songs focusing on the same subject, but depending… — Josh Garrels Copy Share Image
As a melody instrument player, it's all about getting from one note to the next, and those intervals and how you navigate… — David Sanborn Copy Share Image
The melody that the loved one played upon the piano of your life will never be played quite that way again, but… — Joshua L. Liebman Copy Share Image
There are two thing you need for a jolly good hymn.The first is a set of words that expresses the mood or… — John Betjeman Copy Share Image
Musically I try to connect a common bridge between such exhilarating feelings as performing at the Acropolis, to the emotions each and… — Bradley Joseph Copy Share Image
Sometimes I need to reject the music proposed for my songs because the musicians misunderstand that the Fanny Crosby who once wrote… — Fanny Crosby Copy Share Image
So that's the challenge for me and that has always been the challenge - finding that melody, that riff, that thing that… — Steve Vai Copy Share Image
No one can explain how the notes of a Mozart melody, or the folds of a piece of Titian's drapery, produce their… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
I'm a musician, and I'm fascinated with the effects of sound, and tone, and pitch and melody and all that sort of… — Guy Pearce Copy Share Image
You can find me in the melodies, the chord progressions, the song style and structure. The lyrical places you fine me most… — Kristian Bush Copy Share Image
I think my favourite song on the album [Second Hand Rapture'] is 'Head Is Not My Home', I love the vocal melody… — Lizzy Plapinger Copy Share Image
I know a girl who cries when she practices violin because each note sounds so pure it just cuts into her, and… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
I write anywhere. I'm always banging around on the dashboard. Whatever I'm doing. I can make music out of anything. Whenever a… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
If, while at the piano, you attempt to form little melodies, that is very well; but if they come into your mind… — Robert Schumann Copy Share Image
I've never used the word jamming. It's a matter of finding a great song and learning the chords, then slightly altering the… — M. Ward Copy Share Image
I was getting really influenced by some darker, heavier electro stuff, like Crystal Castles. And I was listening to some dub-step elements,… — Lights Copy Share Image
While the accompanimental [sic] figures come from Prelude, the melody is wholly original to this theme. First stated on a lonely duduk,… — Bear McCreary Copy Share Image
All songs have those X factors. I couldn't even explain or describe what will grab me about them but it's all music… — Hoodie Allen Copy Share Image
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 experience of playing music at a young age really opens up one's mind to different melody in life itself, literally -… — Dave Smalley Copy Share Image
Composers now just don't have the depth of inspiration for melody. Most of the lyrics of the pop songs you hear today… — Rudy Vallee 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 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 was very challenging, trying to add an orchestra on top of these traditional African rhythms, because as soon as you add… — Ludwig Goransson Copy Share Image
No matter what I'm writing, I almost always start with the music. Definitely, the melody seems to set the tone for whatever… — Ryan Bingham Copy Share Image
I see in the melody of Nature, God. It is a wonderful work of art. The spirit of the art is wonderful.… — Pablo Casals Copy Share Image
“…and I smile and know why people write music and paint and dance, lifted as if they can fly, because this ache… — Pat Mora Copy Share Image
If Woody Guthrie set the bar for American songwriters, Bob Dylan jumped right over it. No one I know will ever come… — John Mellencamp Copy Share Image
![“Solos I kind of [couldn't] care less about. I know most people probably think that's what I care *most* about, but it's really the melody playing that is the cornerstone of what I'm working on.” quote by Joe Satriani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/31f/joe-satriani-7527_care_solos-i-kind-of-couldn-t-care-less-about_337667.png)
![“I think my favourite song on the album [Second Hand Rapture'] is 'Head Is Not My Home', I love the vocal melody and it's such a power hit of a track. Every time it pops on I like listening to it, I'm really drawn to it.” quote by Lizzy Plapinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/131/lizzy-plapinger-32589_albums_i-think-my-favourite-song-on-the-album-s_2140863.jpg)
![“While the accompanimental [sic] figures come from Prelude, the melody is wholly original to this theme. First stated on a lonely duduk, and then in octaves by the violins and violas, it is a melancholy and contemplative tune.” quote by Bear McCreary](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e85/bear-mccreary-4348_contemplative_while-the-accompanimental-sic-figures-co_1908864.jpg)
