Quotes About Melody

Heavenly melody, in our then state of mind, would only have still further harrowed us.  A soul-moving harmony, correctly performed, we should have taken as a spirit-warning, and have given up all hope.  But about the strains of "He's got 'em on," jerked spasmodically, and with involuntary variations, out of a wheezy accordion, there was something singularly human and reassuring.

The music of life would be mute if the chords of memory were snapped asunder.

We stuck the record head so it kept on recording over and over on top of itself and played keyboard notes into it to create this ghost repetition melody.

I normally write on acoustic guitar, although piano is the instrument that I actually studied. Occasionally, I'll write on the piano or sometimes with no instrument at all.

When I come up with a melody in my head, it could be anywhere: in the shower, on the plane, in bed - often when I'm on the go. I'll record it on my phone with my own voice, humming. When I get to the studio, I check which melodies work.

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.

1921' is a fantastic love story about people who are studying music. It has a fair leaning towards classic love story.

I'm not a fan of that sort of punky, heavy, tinny stuff. I like a nice melody.

Hunter can write a melody and stuff like that, but his forte is lyrics. He can write a serviceable melody to hang his lyrics on, and sometimes he comes up with something really nice.

Sometimes you stumble across a few chords that put you in a reflective place.

It's rare when you stumble upon this amazing melody. We'd love to make a 'Let Me Love You' every time we go into the studio, but it's definitely a special one.

My style is simple. It is out and out melody.

I feel pretty comfortable in a lot of different musical styles. I like rhythm, and I like melody and so forth.

I take in a lot of different styles when I listen to music, but when I'm actually writing a song it comes from a very stripped back place that focuses on melody and soaring choruses that lift-off.

I've always been able to just concoct a melody quite easily - it's just kind of instinct, really. You've got to channel your subconscious.

Music has no subject beyond the combinations of notes we hear, for music speaks not only by means of sounds, it speaks nothing but sound.

I lived in Paris for two years with my family. I would roam the streets of Paris during the day for a few hours in the subway, on the streets, and I listened to the French language, and I got a sense of the rhythm and the melody of the language.

Birds have bills too, and they keep on singing

A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and sings it back to you when you have forgotten how it goes.

Music is what our feelings sound like.

La musique avant toute chose

Music expresses that which cannot remain silent and that which cannot be put into words.

Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent

When I'm in the car and somebody comes on the radio singing the high notes, I try to sing along.