Melody Quotes

The only thing that I miss lately in all music is somebody that will put out a melody that you can whistle. It doesn't seem like there's anything happening like that.

In Hungary all native music, in its origin, is divided naturally into melody destined for song or melody for the dance.

They were singing in French, but the melody was freedom and any American could understand that.

Funny how a melody sounds like a memory.

Inside the silence is a melody.

We cling nervously to the melody, but we don't handle it freely, we don't really make anything new out of it, we merely overload it.

Melody is the essence of music.

I try to incorporate melody. Even though I'm screaming, I still like to think I bring melody into screaming.

I think my melodies are superior to my lyrics.

With a good melody... music gets me through everything.

Melody is disarming. It's anarchic!

The heart of the melody can never be put down on paper.

Every heart has its own melody.

Because if you've got the wit, you can make anything into a melody, ultimately.

A melody is not merely something you can hum.

Great melody over great riffs is, to me, the secret of it all.

From the glow of enthusiasm I let the melody escape.

A good picture book can almost be whistled. ... All have their own melodies behind the storytelling.

A letter depends on how you read it, a melody on how you sing it.

You always know when a real inspiration is behind the melody, arrangements, even lyrics. And I know that's really vague, but it's true.

I would say that I'm more moved by melody, even though I love to rap.

Doing the instrumental thing, you're really looking for the power of the melody to carry the record.

It's always music first, or melody and words together, but never words first.

I really love writing themes and melody.

The nobleness of silence. The highest melody dwells only in silence,--the sphere melody, the melody of health.