Melodies Quotes

183 quotes by 162 authors

I have written most of my melodies walking and I feel it is definitely one of the most helpful ways of sewing all of the… — Bjork
I know that my passion is for opera, but sometimes I like also to sing songs, because there are many beautiful melodies. — Andrea Bocelli
I used to - my earliest memory of waking up with a melody in my head was, you know, 8, 9, 10. I've always heard… — Bono
It's a privilege to serve the poor, to be servants of noble Africans, but I better belong in the rehearsal room or in the studio… — Bono
There, in the chords and melodies, is everything I want to say. The words just jolly it along. It's always been my way of expressing… — David Bowie
Some things remain fragments, just the lyrics and melodies or a line or two or a verse. — Tracy Chapman
I love the melodies in the Old Testament, how preachers highlight them when they read from the Scripture. But I was influenced forever by the… — Maya Angelou
Home should be an oratorio of the memory, singing to all our after life melodies and harmonies of old-remembered joy. — Henry Ward Beecher
There are not more than five musical notes, yet the combinations of these five give rise to more melodies than can ever be heard.There are… — Sun Tzu
There are not more than five musical notes, yet the combinations of these five give rise to more melodies than can ever be heard. — Sun Tzu
The highest activities of consciousness have their origins in physical occurrences of the brain, just as the loveliest melodies are not too sublime to be… — W. Somerset Maugham
In old age our bodies are worn-out instruments, on which the soul tries in vain to play the melodies of youth. But because the instrument… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
I like to write about the way things used to be and paint pictures of my memories with beautiful words and melodies. — Lana Del Rey
Pythagoras based musical education in the first place on certain melodies and rhythm that exercised a healing, a purifying influence on the human actions and… — Porphyry
A song that sounds simple is just not that easy to write. One of the objectives of this record was to try and write melodies… — Sheryl Crow
I can draw with sound. That's the most useful thing I learned in terms of what my craft is...The arrangements were mine. They were little… — Linda Ronstadt
I've just really been into melody and lyrics and songwriting. Writing a rap, to me, is easy. I could write a rap like that. But… — Kid Rock
People are always asking me what my lyrics mean. Does it mean this, does it mean that, that's all anybody wants to know. F**k them,… — Freddie Mercury
Melodies can be good depending on the context. You can have a simple melody, and if the harmony behind it is interesting, it can make… — Donald Fagen
Even if chords are simple, they should rub. They should have dissonances in them. I've always used a lot of alternate bass lines, suspensions, widely… — Jimmy Webb

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