Quotes About Music

For 'Dynamite,' Max and Luke went to dinner and left me with a melody, and then I put it together.

If you've got a good melody and a good story married together, that's a good sign for hit-song material.

If you listen to the first, second, and third chorus of a song, they don't sound the same. It's the same melody and all that, but what really happens is that the energy changes. It's all about getting the listener to keep his or her concentration.

I usually write lyrics first, and then when I get home or close to any kind of instrument, I usually make a melody for those lyrics.

When I sing, it's different from when I speak in a very interesting way. I think that, when you're singing, a message is carried in a different way. I don't know if that emotion needs a melody.

As far as the music goes, I like melody.

You'd think, of course, it's about the melody - that's a given. But really, I'm no good at singing a song unless it has a good lyric.

I started writing music in a French way: more focused on lyrics than melody.

Innovating something that is familiar. That's the general approach, and that's what I want to do with the melody as well. It should ring true - you should like every melody sequence without knowing what's happening next.

As a kid, I could just pick up melody and harmony instinctively, and that's why I can play lots of instruments.

I usually start with a lyric or a melody and then build a song around that.

I always try, when I'm singing songs, to interpret them the way that I would've arranged them. I think about the melody first, and then I pull out my guitar and start singing it.

I think my best songs come from me sitting at a piano, bashing my head against a brick wall for hours and hours on end to get one good melody.

If you can write a catchy melody and a song that captures people around the world, what better thing to do? Other than 'Let Her Go,' I haven't managed to do that. And that's fine by me.

What I like about Kasabian is that it's melody driven.

When I write a song, I get the melody right first, and then hopefully I can back it up with a lyric that has to respect the melody.

I applied for a job on 'Melody Maker' once.

I like music that not only has a pop melody to it but is also deeply about something.

When I'm writing with John Leventhal, the music that he's written mostly comes first. And I'll write the lyrics and the melody.

I like to always do my best to make music catchy, so I think a very catchy melody is cool.

My guitar-playing always included bass lines, melody lines, and rhythm-guitar grooves.

I don't like pre-written raps; I think it makes the song better if you listen to the beat first. In a sense, you have to make a marriage with the beat. I ride the beat, hear the flow of the drums, get the melody of my flow, and then from that point, it's a process of what I want to say.

I record into my phone as soon as I hear a track. Melody comes first for me, and then my gibberish usually forms into lyrics and a concept from there.

I love to explore melody.