Quotes About Music

There's definitely sadness happening in this band. I get melancholy every day about things.

When I'm making the music, the songs that I get most excited about definitely make me feel good, but often, it's a really good feeling combined with some kind of melancholy element.

Hip-hop, pop, dance - the common point is melancholy. That's international, and I like this word because it's not only about sadness or happiness - it's both at the same time. And that's human, and that's life.

I just love the culture of Melbourne.

I played piano for cabaret stars and stuff and then eventually moved from my hometown of Perth in Western Australia to Melbourne, and somewhere in there, I decided to book myself a room and do a cabaret show of my own material.

I know the Lamb of God guys. They're way mellow.

I like mellow music. I like some jazz. But I'm not a big hard rock guy.

I'm a mellow guy, and I feel like my music is mellow.

I love blues, mellow rock 'n' roll.

I like what I hear other guys doing, but the thing that really attracts me is melodic playing.

My music has always been strong in melodic content.

I write in a very melodic way, so that will never leave. I think my records will always tend to be approachable.

I became a melodic writer after 'Gunn.'

People respond to something melodic.

I want to be the most melodic artist. 'His music ability, the way he write, his creativity is undeniable.' I want people to say that about me.

To some degree. I think that I've always been very much of a chordal person. The chords are the foundation of everything. Some of Yes' stuff is very linear, albeit complex, but it's single-line melodic stuff. So I kind of had to wear a different cap working with Yes. It's not so much chord-based.

I grew up with so many different sounds, and 'Lost' allows me to express all of it, the melodic and the atonal.

Chop Suey!' was really heavy, but it had a lot of melodic parts. It was fast and frenzy.

The music I write is very melodic, very catchy, and fast.

I was more of a melodic player. Angus was more into the rock world. Straightaway, I said this is how we should do it. It was never a brotherly squabble but the opposite, because we just wanted to do good as a band.

I'm a fan of Miguel's; he's a friend of mine. I like melodic music, you know?

Basically, I'm a melodic writer.

Much as I adore the melodies, I choose a song for what it has to say.

The melodies I come up with, they're not normal.