Autobiography Quote by Ben Folds

I'm all about the melody.

— Craig David

Until I can visualise what the lyrics are about and see the story or whatever, I can't hear the melody.

— Elton John

Songwriting is like ... being possessed. You try to go to sleep but the song won't let you.

— John Lennon

I'm always imagining some sort of story behind the song, even the ones I haven't written. I'm actively engaging in playacting.

— Cassandra Wilson

I'm not an author, but as a songwriter, I'm afforded this kind of luxurious ambiguity in songs of being able to confess the secrets…

— Finneas

Whichever kind of music I was making it was all about the melody anyway. The kind of music I'm making now is the way…

— Jarryd James

I don't know what the sound is or the song is until I've spent a lot of time on it. I'm always chipping away…

— Adam Granduciel

You'd think, of course, it's about the melody - that's a given. But really, I'm no good at singing a song unless it has…

— Julie Andrews

I won't deny a song or a melody. I can't deny it.

— Fred Durst

I have no shame in making music that maybe, if you listen to it long enough, you'll realize you've heard this or that part…

— Anonymous

I have to write the songs before I become too enamored with my own melodies.

— Mike Stoller

The melody is generally what the piece is all about.

— Aaron Copland