Melody Quote by Chris Martin

Sometimes the word dictated the melody.

— Andrew Bird

The thing is, in English I'm able to write the lyrics as I'm making the song, once I'm done with the melody.

— Utada Hikaru

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…

— David Bowie

When you make a melody that doesn't come with words from the get-go, sometimes you're just thinking about random vowel sounds that go with…

— David Longstreth

One of the dumber things my manager said was, Stick to the melody. But I can't.

— Shawn Colvin

A good melody may be translated into any language while still remaining consistent with the tune since music and melody know no boundaries.

— Tanishk Bagchi

There is a lot of melody and things that sound familiar in hundreds of songs.

— Wayne Coyne

Singing beautiful melodies is one thing, but to deliver the text so that the people understand it, even in a foreign language, has to…

— Maureen Forrester

The myriad of ways that a song can be interpreted is astounding to me, and it's part of the allure of writing.

— LP

I find I'm not one of these composers that are, you know, walking along a beach or walking on the mountainside in County Donegal…

— Enya

Often when I find myself listening to music, at least 60 to 70% of it is foreign, so I don't understand a word of…

— Zach Condon

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

— Elton John