Melody Quotes

587 Melody quotes by 453 unique authors

I just write songs that I strongly believe in and that are coming from inside. There's no tricks. It's honesty with big melodies. — Bruno Mars
I can't even speak Hawaiian, but if you go there and listen to a Hawaiian song, you get captured because it's so beautiful, like the… — Bruno Mars
When I listen to my favorite songwriters, they have such simple melodies and chords. I occasionally manage to stop at the right time, but all… — Dave Matthews
A good song has to have a great melody, and the lyrics have to touch my heart. Now, if it's just a little toe-tapper, got… — Reba McEntire
A lot of Woody Guthrie's songs were taken from other songs. He would rework the melody and lyrics, and all of a sudden it was… — John Mellencamp
Music creates order out of chaos: for rhythm imposes unanimity upon the divergent, melody imposes continuity upon the disjointed, and harmony imposes compatibility upon the… — Yehudi Menuhin
I think my melodies are superior to my lyrics. — Freddie Mercury
As long as I can say what it is that I need to say, then I'll fit whatever I'm trying to say around a melody. — Alanis Morissette
They were singing in French, but the melody was freedom and any American could understand that. — Audie Murphy
There are only so many notes so there must be only so many melodies. — Willie Nelson
My creative process is quite slow. I hear melodies in my head while I'm washing the dishes and I allow my subconscious to do the… — Sinead O'Connor
I know a girl who cries when she practices violin because each note sounds so pure it just cuts into her, and then the melody… — Conor Oberst
The genius of a folk melody or story is not the feeling that it's original but quite the opposite - the feeling that it has… — Susan Orlean
Composing gives me a chance to work in multiple dimensions and helps me pare down my melodies into what is essential. Learning new skills has… — Liz Phair
I have come to the conclusion - and I don't know why it took me so long, but nevertheless, I'm here now - that a… — Carlos Santana
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 wind,… — Carlos Santana
I realised a long time ago that instrumental music speaks a lot more clearly than English, Spanish, Yiddish, Swahili, any other language. Pure melody goes… — Carlos Santana
There's a melody in everything. And once you find the melody, then you connect immediately with the heart. Because sometimes English or Spanish, Swahili or… — Carlos Santana
Music is the melody whose text is the world. — Arthur Schopenhauer
My symphonies would have reached Opus 100 if I had but written them down... Sometimes I am so full of music, and so overflowing with… — Robert Schumann
My voice is my improvisational instrument, the melody instrument. The guitar is harmonic structure. I'm not a good enough guitarist to improvise on it. — Paul Simon
Doing the instrumental thing, you're really looking for the power of the melody to carry the record. — Michael W. Smith
Yet, it ought to be obvious that good music generally occupies a higher plane that mere politics. Great writers can express moods through melody and… — Tony Snow
I don't really have time to sit down and write. But when I think of a melody, I call up my answering machine and sing… — Britney Spears
I think the melody is the first time I hear in a song and if I like the melody, then I'll pay closer attention to… — George Strait

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