#melody

Doing the instrumental thing, you're really looking for the power of the melody to carry the record. ↗

— Michael W. Smith

#doing #instrumental #looking #melody #power

A melody is not merely something you can hum. ↗

— Aaron Copland

#melody #merely #something #you

All of our songs take these really big creative turns and twists throughout the process, so sometimes songs will start out as a melody or some musical chord progressions. ↗

— Chester Bennington

#chord #creative #melody #musical #our

After all my years of doing instrumental music I still like just a simple instrumental song with a nice catchy melody and an opportunity to play a solo over a harmonic structure. ↗

— Stanley Clarke

#catchy #doing #harmonic #i #instrumental

I've actually had a melody on my guitar since the day I learned how to play it, back when I was 7. And for some reason I can't add lyrics to it. ↗

— Miley Cyrus

#add #back #day #guitar #had

The writing of a melody is an emotional moment; success doesn't make it easy. ↗

— Enya

#emotional #make #melody #moment #success

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

#first time #i #look #melody #musicians

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

— Colin Hay

#different #feel #forth #i #i feel

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. ↗

— Ken Hensley

#come #comes #first #i #i always

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