#melody

Composers in the old days used to keep strictly to the base of the theme, as their real subject. Beethoven varies the melody, harmony and rhythms so beautifully. ↗

— Johannes Brahms

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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. ↗

— Johannes Brahms

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You always will be singing a song or humming a line or a melody. ↗

— Dennis Brown

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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. ↗

— Merle Haggard

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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. ↗

— Lee Konitz

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Lyrics are kind of the whole thing; it's the message. Something might have a beautiful melody but if it's not the truth coming out of your mouth, it's not appealing. ↗

— Alison Krauss

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A lot of rap songs don't usually have a lot of melody per se. ↗

— Al Yankovic

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A lot of Woody Guthrie's songs were taken from other songs. He would rework the melody and lyrics, and all of a sudden it was a Woody Guthrie song. ↗

— John Mellencamp

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I still have a passion for the music, which is such a beautiful thing. I still wake up in the middle of the night out of a dream and have a melody in my head, and run to my piano. ↗

— Teena Marie

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Yet, it ought to be obvious that good music generally occupies a higher plane that mere politics. Great writers can express moods through melody and capture experiences we share most powerfully - love, lust, longing; joy, rage, fear; triumph, yearning and confusion. ↗

— Tony Snow

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