#melody

From the time I could play the piano, I remember trying to write tunes. They were in my head, and I would just sit down and start noodling. Next thing I knew, I had written a melody. ↗

— Marvin Hamlisch

#down #had #head #i #i remember

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

— Pablo Casals

#heart #melody #never #paper #put

There is a lot of melody and things that sound familiar in hundreds of songs. ↗

— Wayne Coyne

#hundreds #lot #melody #songs #sound

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 probably belong to a type of composer of songs who keeps thinking about melody... I am old fashioned. ↗

— Toru Takemitsu

#am #belong #composer #fashioned #i

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

— Drake

#i #i love #love #melody #more

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

#beings #crave #feel #going #great

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