Quotes About Melody

Asking the author of historical novels to teach you about history is like expecting the composer of a melody to provide answers about radio transmission.

That sea - that mother of a million summers, Who bore, with melody, a million springs, Shall sing for my enchantment...

Lyrics are kind of the whole thing; it's the message. Something might have a beautiful melody but if it's not the truth coming out of your mouth, it's not appealing

Where the nightingale doth sing Not a senseless, tranced thing, But divine melodious truth.

Many say that life entered the human body by the help of music, but the truth is that life itself is music.

It certainly made for music that relied less on melody and conventional song structure and more on mood and texture.

and then, from that dungeon in the West, There rises up a melody, beguiling and forlorn. It is the sweet, sad, self-deceiving murderer's song, And it will not end 'til morn . . .' -- Wheldrake, The Prisoners

For me, music always leads. Lyrics are only about how they sing. It is wonderful if they read well, too. In the very best scenario, sometimes a lyric will pop out with a melody, simultaneously. That's a lovely thing, but you can't rely on that.

The first time I recorded without Allen Toussaint, I wanted to do doo-wop. Everything I've done since then has got some kind of doo-wop essence in it.

I like choir music. I sincerely do!

I sing in the morning.

For me, the music dictates the melody. Give me a riff to sing over, you know?

I was born into a household where my aunt, grandmother and mother lived their music. They all sang harmony, and by the time I was 2, I could sing 'Row, Row, Row Your Boat' in three-part harmony.

My whole family could sing. My family harmonized without any instruments to accompany them.

'Paani ravi da' is a very difficult song to sing.

My favorite singer to this day is Nat King Cole. I've tried to emulate his phrasing. It is so absolutely beautiful to listen to his lovely voice.

My initial career, really, as a baby, was as a singer.

My dad was a musician. He was a singer and he played the guitar, so music was always around.

I'm a folk singer-songwriter. I am pretty poppy though.

I have a fondness for jazz, particularly for jazz singers, Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald all the way through the Sinatra era.

I like R&B. I listen to music, not singers.

English is like music. The English language is really fit for singing. The notes match the feelings, and it makes sense.

Music is in my genes. My entire family is into singing.

I love singing romantic numbers.