#melody

I have a structured songwriting process. I start with the music and try to come up with musical ideas, then the melody, then the hook, and the lyrics come last. Some people start with the lyrics first because they know what they want to talk about and they just write a whole bunch of lyrical ideas, but for me the music tells me what to talk about. ↗

— John Legend

#because #bunch #come #first #hook

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

— Franz Liszt

#destined #divided #hungary #into #melody

Music has a poetry of its own, and that poetry is called melody. ↗

— Joshua Logan

#melody #music #own #poetry

I really love writing themes and melody. ↗

— Trevor Rabin

#love #melody #really #themes #writing

Every soul is a melody which needs renewing. ↗

— Stephane Mallarme

#melody #needs #renewing #soul #which

I would go visit my mom on Sundays, and my brother was working on stuff. I'd go in there and sing a little melody, then we started working with words and the next thing you know it was just born organically without really trying. ↗

— Taryn Manning

#brother #go #i #just #know

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. ↗

— Branford Marsalis

#because #elusive #hard #hold #how

As long as I can say what it is that I need to say, then I'll fit whatever I'm trying to say around a melody. ↗

— Alanis Morissette

#fit #i #i can #long #melody

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

— Gerry Mulligan

#because #got #into #make #melody

I found a sound that people really liked - I found this basic concept and all I did was change the lyrics and the melody a little bit. My songs, if you listen to them, they're quite a lot alike, like Chuck Berry. ↗

— Buck Owens

#basic #berry #bit #change #chuck