Heritage Quote by Neil Diamond

I look at melody as rhythm.

— Charlie Parker

I write a melody and then change it and change it until I get it the way I like it.

— Mike Stoller

I never think about rhythm versus melody; I've always just played to what's in my head.

— Les Claypool

The one thing about songwriting that's been consistent is that I do it for the love of a good melody.

— Kim Shattuck

Melody is a form of remembrance. It must have a quality of inevitability in our ears.

— Gian Carlo Menotti

It's really important to me that my sound is a combination of beats and melody.

— Manika

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

I still have a very nonintellectual, nonjudgmental relationship with melody and the music as I hear it all in my head.

— Ariel Pink

A melody without the right rhythm hardly exists.

— Rokia Traore

All my music is very simple in that melody is usually clearly stated.

— Carter Burwell

Music creates order out of chaos: for rhythm imposes unanimity upon the divergent, melody imposes continuity upon the disjointed, and harmony imposes compatibility upon…

— Yehudi Menuhin

Songs should have an infectious melody and rhythm.

— Alan Menken