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
Michael Bolton 
Danny Elfman 
Enya 
Carly Simon 
Steven Bochco 
John Mellencamp 
Michael W. Smith 
Tony Snow 
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I get like a melody that comes up and I try to write it down or record it. Hum it into a tape recorder or write it down on some manuscript paper. It could happen at any time, on the road or off the road, but mostly, you know, at home.
Paul Taylor 
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It's a combination of melody and lyrics, not one without the other. It's a confluence of these different elements that makes something powerful.
Michael Bolton
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My voice is my improvisational instrument, the melody instrument. The guitar is harmonic structure. I'm not a good enough guitarist to improvise on it.
Paul Simon
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There's two facets to writing a song. There's you sitting in your room writing the sentiments of the song; the lyrics, the melody and the changes, and then there's the part where you go into the studio and you put clothing on it.
Nuno Bettencourt
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There's usually a rhythm and a melody in my head, and that creates an emotional state.
Stephan Jenkins
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I found a sound that people really liked - I found this basic concept and all I did was change the lyrics and the melody a little bit. My songs, if you listen to them, they're quite a lot alike, like Chuck Berry.
Buck Owens
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By giving the public a rich and full melody, distinctly arranged and well played, all the time creating new tone colors and patterns, I feel we have a better chance of being successful. I want a kick to my band, but I don't want the rhythm to hog the spotlight.
Glenn Miller
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I'll just start laying out the melody exactly where I want it to fall. And then I'll go back and fill it out. Whereas, in other pieces I'm really just going a couple bars at a time.
Danny Elfman
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Never be ashamed to write a melody that people remember.
Burt Bacharach
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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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