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My talent is definitely a gift. I don't understand where it comes from. I don't play an instrument, and I never went to school…

— Sean Combs

I'm a very melody-driven writer and I have a rule that I don't write anything down because if I can't remember the melody than…

— Justin Timberlake

Sometimes I have a melody in my head; sometimes it's just a verse. I read lines from a book or movies that I watch…

— Yuna

The most important ingredient to making a song work is the magic. You've got a melody, you've got words, but on the more successful…

— Paul McCartney

I'm good at melody - I'll write the top-line melody and ideal words I want to go with it. But I'm not that good…

— Avicii

I have a tape recorder, and I just sing into it. I like to write that way. Sometimes I'll just get melodic ideas, and…

— Melora Hardin

I'm pretty good at delivering my songs, but I just want to perfect the craft by creating melodies.

— Polo G

But when you get to a song, not only do you have to do a vocal melody, you have to write words and not…

— Glenn Danzig

I think if you enjoy writing lyrics, sometimes melody is something that kind of hinders your flow, so sometimes writing without melody and just…

— Ellie Rowsell

There's a lot of craft that goes into achieving a hit song - at the beginning of your career, you're usually more inspiration than…

— Kara DioGuardi

When I start a song, I have an image and a story. In many ways, it's more like painting than making music.

— Goldie

That's really what was wonderful for me growing up, since I got to know so many of the songwriters who liked me and thought…

— Margaret Whiting