Melody Quotes

587 quotes by 476 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
Men have a lot less to write about, unless you're somebody like Tom Waits or John Lennon. And the female voice is much more suited… — Brandon Boyd
Composers in the old days used to keep strictly to the base of the theme, as their real subject. Beethoven varies the melody, harmony and… — Johannes Brahms
We cling nervously to the melody, but we don't handle it freely, we don't really make anything new out of it, we merely overload it. — Johannes Brahms
All my music is very simple in that melody is usually clearly stated. — Carter Burwell
The world is never quiet, even its silence eternally resounds with the same notes, in vibrations which escape our ears. As for those that we… — Albert Camus
The heart of the melody can never be put down on paper. — Pablo Casals
Some things remain fragments, just the lyrics and melodies or a line or two or a verse. — Tracy Chapman
I admire people who dare to take the language, English, and understand it and understand the melody. — Maya Angelou
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
I try to incorporate melody. Even though I'm screaming, I still like to think I bring melody into screaming. — Tom Araya
Home should be an oratorio of the memory, singing to all our after life melodies and harmonies of old-remembered joy. — Henry Ward Beecher
The marsh, to him who enters it in a receptive mood, holds, besides mosquitoes and stagnation, melody, the mystery of unknown waters, and the sweetness… — William Beebe
Good painting is nothing else but a copy of the perfections of God and a reminder of His painting. Finally, good painting is a music… — Michelangelo
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

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