Capacity Quote by Andrew Bird

Melodies are far more interesting. They are there, in your face, in certain sections of the songs. People do complain about the melody thing,…

— Scott Walker

Melodies are very important in a song. Having a great melody and a great hook. That's what I would always come up with a…

— Jackie Jackson

Melodies can be good depending on the context. You can have a simple melody, and if the harmony behind it is interesting, it can…

— Donald Fagen

Melody is the single most important thing to any song, period. I don't care what anybody says, it trumps everything. Not because that's my…

— Ryan Tedder

I've noticed that when I write I tend to have slightly poppier melodies.

— Jen Ledger

Ever since I was a child I've always been very attracted to melodies. Whether I hear Jeff Beck, a choir, an ocean or the…

— Carlos Santana

“There are melodies that speak as eloquently as words, that flow logically and inevitably from a single, pure emotion.”

— Rachel Hartman

Folk melodies are the embodiment of an artistic perfection of the highest order; in fact, they are models of the way in which a…

— Bela Bartok

I've always had an ear for melodies, and they veer pop. My lyrics are more country - what I love is the storytelling and…

— Maren Morris

I come from a jazzy, acoustic, folky background. Everything has to work with melodies; the words have to have meaning.

— Yuna

You don't have to know anything about music to understand what I write. Mine are simple melodies.

— Harry Warren

There is a great temptation with songs, melodies and lyrics to overcomplicate them but in fact, you find that the most enduring melodies are…

— Ken Hensley