Top Melody Quotes
For me Brazilian music is the perfect mix of melody and rhythm. It just bubbles rhythmically. If I had to pick just one music style to play if would be Brazilian.
Herbie Mann
The heart of the melody can never be put down on paper.
Pablo Casals
The thing is, in English I'm able to write the lyrics as I'm making the song, once I'm done with the melody.
Utada Hikaru
The principle of the endless melody is the perpetual becoming of a music that never had any reason for starting, any more than it has any reason for ending.
Igor Stravinsky
Vivid images are like a beautiful melody that speaks to you on an emotional level. It bypasses your logic centers and even your intellect and goes to a different part of the brain.
Steven Bochco
Danny Elfman 
Jerry Garcia 
Dennis Brown 
Michael W. Smith 
Michel Legrand 
Colin Greenwood 
Tony Iommi 
Michael Bolton All Melody Quotes
I write a lot of music in my time off and I compose most of the songs on guitar. I've actually gone into the studio and recorded a few things, but it's tough trying to sell a song. It's all about finding that hook, that melody.
Scott Patterson 
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In Hungary all native music, in its origin, is divided naturally into melody destined for song or melody for the dance.
Franz Liszt
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My sense of divine brings with it a strange sound of music with its glories, a marvellous melody sounding like a multitude of flutes.
Paul Twitchell
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I would listen to something on the radio and try to tap out the melody, then the harmonies.
Michel Legrand
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In 1973 we moved to the British Isle of Man, and I put my first band together for one year, named Melody Fair.
Andy Gibb
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After all my years of doing instrumental music I still like just a simple instrumental song with a nice catchy melody and an opportunity to play a solo over a harmonic structure.
Stanley Clarke
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Doing the instrumental thing, you're really looking for the power of the melody to carry the record.
Michael W. Smith
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If I get an idea for a song, I have a melody for it. I'm a musician first. I'm not limited by the fretboard.
Brad Paisley
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All my music is very simple in that melody is usually clearly stated.
Carter Burwell
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Popular Melody Authors
Albert CamusArthur SchopenhauerPaul SimonBrian EnoCarter BurwellCarly Simon EnyaAlanis MorissetteColin GreenwoodJohn MellencampKathy AckerSammy HagarMerle HaggardMichael W. SmithMichael Bolton
Utada HikaruTaryn ManningBritney SpearsSteven TylerDanny ElfmanJerry GarciaBranford MarsalisGerry MulliganIgor StravinskyGlenn DanzigFranz LisztBrad PaisleyTony SnowDon HenleyStephan Jenkins
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