Quotes About Melody

I like listening to reggae, hip hop, ragga and R&B when I am skipping.

Slide can sound like the most beautiful woman's voice.

There's always been a slight twinge of some classical elements in our music.

I've always loved melody and pop hooks, slightly left of centre but I have always tried to balance it with songs that have lyrics you can sing along to.

We started very slow in America. It was small acoustic shows. We played places like Los Angeles, New York and Chicago and everywhere there has been a great reaction. It has been really lovely. They listen to the lyrics and the melody over there and the reaction has been fantastic.

If I'm proud of one thing in my playing, it's being able to slow it down and focus on the melody.

If you cannot smile when you listen to music, then do not listen to it!

At an early age I was listening to BB King, what have you. Ray Charles, Jimmy Smith, Jimmy Mcgriff, you dig? With the obvious Marvin Gayes and the Motown records.

My sound is very smooth. Not to be to cliche, but really sensual and sultry.

Chopin was a master of melody, harmony and voice leading - the art of smoothly moving from chord to chord.

I like Maroon 5, Cold Play. Snow Patrol from Ireland is very good. Adele is wonderful. I enjoy a new singer named Rumer. I don't care for rap or hip-hop.

Die Musik wird aus dem Rauschen geboren: das erste menschliche Lallen, die erste Information im Chaos. Aus seiner Quelle entsprungen, lässt dieser Strom der Arrangements und Kombinationen, der in Melodien und Harmonien zur Sprache hinabfließt, die Negentropie anwachsen.[...]

When music plays, we hear the melody, forgetting that it is only one of the modes of time; when the orchestra falls silent, we hear time; time itself.

I really love things with melody.

Cecilia was made in a living room on a Sony. It was like a little piece of magical fluff, bur it works. El Condor Pasa a Los Incas record that I love. Bridge is a very strong melodic song.

The whole thing with eastern music and instruments, I love all that stuff.

The Song of Love, the Song of Hate, the Songs of Praise and of Thanksgiving; I've learned them all, but there remains one called the Melody of Living.

You're every love song ever written.

I am not a rock producer. I don't see that. I once turned down Guns N' Roses. I don't like shouting. I'm a melody guy. I love great melody.

In terms of melody, I am really into great 90's melodies. I feel like there was a great focus on melody in the 90's, like 90's pop-hooks and 90's R&B hooks; I just love them.

Music is my first love, where my artistic journey began.

While most of the music I write is instrumental, I love to use the human voice as another instrument.

I equally love both, classic rock and hip-hop. I love all music, really, and I really use classic rock a lot. I'm heavily influenced by that melodically in my music. I can't really separate the two.

I gravitate towards happy music. I love the Beach Boys.