Melody Quotes

Life is like a beautiful melody, only the lyrics are messed up. (Hans Christian Andersen)
Music creates order out of chaos: for rhythm imposes unanimity upon the divergent, melody imposes continuity upon the disjointed, and harmony imposes compatibility upon the incongruous. View quote
Yehudi Menuhin
The only form of music is melody, without melody music is not feasible, and music and melody are quite inseparable. View quote
Richard Wagner
I'm not one for walking the beaches humming a melody. I love the discipline of sitting in the studio, writing and listening. That is my domain. View quote
Enya
We human beings are tuned such that we crave great melody and great lyrics. And if somebody writes a great song, it's timeless that we as humans are going to feel something for that and there's going to be a real appreciation. View quote
Art Garfunkel
I always write lyrics first and the rhythm and the melody come from the lyrics. It always comes from the lyrics: words have rhythm and words have melody. View quote
Ken Hensley
Contour refers to the pattern of musical pitch in a melody-the sequence of ups or downs that the melody takes-regardless of the size of the interval. View quote
Daniel Levitin
Well, I think writing is basically about time and rhythm. Like with jazz. You have your basic melody and then you just riff off of it. And the riffs are about timing. View quote
Kathy Acker
Music is the melody whose text is the world. View quote
Arthur Schopenhauer
Men have a lot less to write about, unless you're somebody like Tom Waits or John Lennon. And the female voice is much more suited to melody. Men have this barky thing-we're domesticated apes with a microphone. View quote
Brandon Boyd
Every soul is a melody which needs renewing. (Stéphane Mallarmé)
Yoga is like music: the rhythm of the body, the melody of the mind, and the harmony of the soul create the symphony of life/. View quote
B.K.S. Iyengar
If you listen to a lot of the songs that are popular now, there's very little melody in there. People love the beat. But to musicians, it's melody, because we understand how elusive it is and how hard it is to hold. View quote
Branford Marsalis
Because if you've got the wit, you can make anything into a melody, ultimately. View quote
Gerry Mulligan
After playing now for 60 years, it's still very challenging for me to play a simple melody and have it clean and touch the reed at the proper time in the proper way. View quote
Lee Konitz
It's a combination of melody and lyrics, not one without the other. It's a confluence of these different elements that makes something powerful. View quote
Michael Bolton
Doing the instrumental thing, you're really looking for the power of the melody to carry the record. View quote
Michael W. Smith
If I could dwell Where Israfel Hath dwelt, and he where I, He might not sing so wildly well A mortal melody, While a bolder note than this might swell From my lyre within the sky. View quote
Edgar Allan Poe
In some types of music I'm working out all the chords one bar at a time - the whole structure, because it's about that. And there are other pieces which are really about - okay, the melody is going to start here and play through to here. View quote
Danny Elfman
Solos I kind of [couldn't] care less about. I know most people probably think that's what I care most about, but it's really the melody playing that is the cornerstone of what I'm working on. View quote
Joe Satriani
Sing us a song you're the piano man Sing us a song tonight. Well we're all in the mood for a melody And you've got us feeling alright. (Billy Joel)
Melody is the essence of music. I compare a good melodist to a fine racer, and counterpointists to hack post-horses; therefore be advised, let well alone and remember the old Italian proverb: Chi sa più, meno sa-Who knows most, knows least. View quote
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Musically I try to connect a common bridge between such exhilarating feelings as performing at the Acropolis, to the emotions each and every one of us feel everyday. In the end, a good melody will always stand the test of time. View quote
Bradley Joseph
Music allows a person to express their deepest thoughts, thoughts that cannot be expressed with just words. I am often asked how I begin a song or develop a melody from nothing. That is the spiritual aspect of creating. Finding something deep within yourself that can only be created by you. View quote
Bradley Joseph
A letter depends on how you read it, a melody on how you sing it. View quote
Isaac Leib Peretz