Almost Quote by Rudy Vallee

You can only write so many pop songs before they all sound the same. I got to a point where something overtly melodic and…

— Dylan Baldi

I've always had an ear for melodies, and they veer pop. My lyrics are more country - what I love is the storytelling and…

— Maren Morris

For me, pop melodies are their own thing that have their own emotion, but they don't necessarily belong exclusively in a pop song.

— Kevin Parker

Music critics think of lyrics first and don't consider melody but so many songs are lyrically depressing but musically great, and that's why they…

— Aloe Blacc

Any kind of anthemic song, for the most part, they're on the positive side of things. It's not hard to identify when a melody…

— Feist

My lyrics are more country - what I love is the storytelling and the structure, how tight the rhymes can be. But pop melodies…

— Maren Morris

I'm a sucker for pop melodies, things you can't get out of your head.

— Ryan Tedder

Pop songs are not as graceful as they used to be. Performers today haven't gone through the regimen of learning how to write. And…

— Hal David

Pop music has always adopted the style of marrying upbeat melodies to dour lyrics.

— Colin Meloy

Pop music really is a love and a joy and a science [of songwriting].

— Halsey

I've always written pop songs. I tend to take inspiration from more experimental genres, like ambient music, but at the root of the song,…

— Washed Out

There's still substance and depth, but we a have a different approach to what we think that lyrics to pop music can be.

— Russell Mael