Always Quote by Samuel Ervin Beam

We really like having songs where we think the arrangement is just as important as the melodies, even though they're typically not.

— M. Shadows

You know, I never went to music school, and it's always seen as this very proper, serious thing to compose a string arrangement.

— Michelle Zauner

Conceptually, I've always gravitated towards arrangements that weren't just presenting one idea. I like to look at my songs as having a main part,…

— Tycho

I hear these melodies. I hear horn lines and string lines. That's what's fun about recording with an orchestra.

— Barbra Streisand

Using open strings is a great way to add texture and atmosphere to any chord progression.

— John Petrucci

I do try to structure everything in a way that's very much like a pop song. I try to keep the arrangements really simple,…

— Washed Out

I like to come up with the melodies, and I have a lot of ideas as far as structure goes.

— Steven Tyler

I wanted to make an album where every song is kind of interacting - where you can't tell what's the string arrangement and what's…

— Rostam Batmanglij

Sometimes I'll have sections that I'm not quite sure how they fit in the puzzle of a tune, they'll get moved around; what I…

— Gotye

I realised the thing I was best at in music was toplining - coming up with melodies, lyrics, hooks, arrangements, structure; the skeletal form…

— CMAT

It's a hard thing to explain, but the more I arrange for strings, the more I realize the possibilities.

— M. Ward

I like writing melody without an instrument. It's just so - it's more like the choreography of a bee; you just go.

— Tom Waits