#melody

I write a melody and then change it and change it until I get it the way I like it. ↗

— Mike Stoller

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There's two facets to writing a song. There's you sitting in your room writing the sentiments of the song; the lyrics, the melody and the changes, and then there's the part where you go into the studio and you put clothing on it. ↗

— Nuno Bettencourt

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

— Enya

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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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Never be ashamed to write a melody that people remember. ↗

— Burt Bacharach

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

— Wayne Coyne

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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

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

— Toru Takemitsu

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

— Drake

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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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