#melody

The principle of the endless melody is the perpetual becoming of a music that never had any reason for starting, any more than it has any reason for ending. ↗

— Igor Stravinsky

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The musicians recommend that I sing a sing the way it is written the first time and then start to look for other notes that aren't in the melody. ↗

— Margaret Whiting

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

— Colin Hay

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The thing is, in English I'm able to write the lyrics as I'm making the song, once I'm done with the melody. ↗

— Utada Hikaru

#done #english #i #lyrics #making

Music is about textures as well as melody. ↗

— Ken Hill

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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. ↗

— Michael Bolton

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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. ↗

— Brandon Boyd

#domesticated #female #john #john lennon #lennon

The composition of a single melody is born out of a bit of text, perhaps the first line, but it can also be the entire strophe; it can even be the poem's overall form. ↗

— Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

#bit #born #composition #entire #even

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

— Drake

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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. ↗

— Art Garfunkel

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