Great lyric Quote by Herb Alpert Download Open image “You can have a great lyric and a so-so melody; it's going to be a tough sell.” — Herb Alpert ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.6 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Great lyric Melody Music Sells Song Tough
I just want people to listen to the music and get something from it, whatever it may be. Whether it's a catchy lyric or… — Kodie Shane Copy Share Image
I think you can have the greatest lyrics in the world and if it doesn't have the best tune in the world it will… — Julian Cope Copy Share Image
There's no telling what life will bring, I just hope it's a melody we all can sing. — Billy Blevins Copy Share Image
If you can say the lyrics almost like a poem and they stand up, that's a great thing. Some songs have great lyrics and… — Harry Connick, Jr Copy Share Image
I've wanted to do a Christmas song for years but thought every lyric and melody had been written. — Limahl Copy Share Image
When the melody touches your heart emotionally and the words hit your brain intellectually, more than likely you'll find you'll have an excellent song… — Yip Harburg Copy Share Image
A great melodic line is like a person's soul, and coming up with an original melody, it can be like you are illustrating the… — Ludovico Einaudi Copy Share Image
I love a ballad but even too well if it be doleful matter merrily set down, or a very pleasant thing indeed and sung… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
I'd rather sing a good lyric written by someone else than one of my own that is terrible. — Vanessa Paradis Copy Share Image
I think we as human beings need to be able to appreciate each other's differences and I think jazz really takes us in that… — Herb Alpert Copy Share Image
When I finish an album and I find myself listening to it in the car, because it makes me feel a certain way, that's… — Herb Alpert Copy Share Image
There's something interesting about playing live; you're in the moment, and I think it would be beneficial. — Herb Alpert Copy Share Image
I wake up in the morning, I do a little stretching exercises, pick up the horn and play. — Herb Alpert Copy Share Image
The reaction to this album has just been fabulous around the world... and I've had offers to perform from around the world and I'm… — Herb Alpert Copy Share Image
I like to listed to the adventurous guys - the Coltranes, Miles Davis, the guys who just let it loose. — Herb Alpert Copy Share Image
If you look at a record under a microscope, the high frequencies are short jagged edges... and the low frequencies are long swinging ones… — Herb Alpert Copy Share Image
I think jazz is a phenomenal creative force, because it's one man, one vote as you're playing, but it's a collective thing, what you're… — Herb Alpert Copy Share Image
I was taken in by the bravado and the sounds of Mexico... not so much the music, but the spirit. — Herb Alpert Copy Share Image
Sometimes, the best songs are the ones you write without any pen and paper or audio recording device or guitar in your hands. Because… — Jon Foreman Copy Share Image
If you can say the lyrics almost like a poem and they stand up, that's a great thing. Some songs have great lyrics and… — Harry Connick, Jr Copy Share Image
This proves that great lyric poetry can die, be reborn, die again, but will always remain one of the most outstanding creations of the… — Eugenio Montale Copy Share Image
Mozart combines serenity, melancholy, and tragic intensity into one great lyric improvisation. Over it all hovers the greater spirit that is Mozart's - the… — Leonard Bernstein Copy Share Image
As a lyricist, you love to hear other great lyrics or other great concepts. — Alicia Keys Copy Share Image
If you ever want to know why I'm not on a record label, look at 'The X Factor!' Honestly, of all the people that… — John Lydon Copy Share Image
There will always be some kid who's the new Kurt Cobain writing great lyrics and singing from his soul. The problem is they're not… — Rosanna Arquette Copy Share Image
Not only do you need great lyrics, a great message, a great story, great vocals, great chords... you also need great instrumentation, great editing,… — Joey Sturgis Copy Share Image
We human beings are tuned such that we crave great melody and great lyrics. And if somebody writes a great song, it's timeless that… — Art Garfunkel Copy Share Image
All my big heroes are literary, writers. I'd love to meet Jimmy Hendrix or John Coltrane, but I'd much rather meet Thomas Wolfe, or… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
