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Melody Quotes

The tune that ties a song together.

These melody quotes look at how songwriters often begin with a tune before anything else, and how melody brings continuity to otherwise scattered musical ideas. Related reading lives in our Like quotes.

A melody is not merely something you can hum.

Quotes by Aaron Copland

Music creates order out of chaos: for rhythm imposes unanimity upon the divergent, melody imposes continuity upon the disjointed, and harmony imposes compatibility upon the incongruous.

Quotes by Yehudi Menuhin

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

Quotes by Wayne Coyne

I really love writing themes and melody.

Quotes by Trevor Rabin

About Quotes

I try to incorporate melody. Even though I'm screaming, I still like to think I bring melody into screaming.

Quotes by Tom Araya

Great melody over great riffs is, to me, the secret of it all.

Quotes by Steven Tyler

There's usually a rhythm and a melody in my head, and that creates an emotional state.

Quotes by Stephan Jenkins

Every soul is a melody which needs renewing.

Quotes by Stephane Mallarme

My mother came from St. Thomas. I heard that melody and all I did was actually adapt it. I made my adaptation of sort of an island traditional melody. It did become sort of my trademark tune.

Quotes by Sonny Rollins

Always Quotes

One of the dumber things my manager said was, Stick to the melody. But I can't.

Quotes by Shawn Colvin

Music is so abstract; it is a combination of words and melody.

Quotes by Shankar Mahadevan

I wasn't writing the music. Ed would write a piece of music. I'd listen to it and come up with a melody and then we would arrange it. We'd put it together and I would write lyrics to my melodies.

Quotes by Sammy Hagar

A folk melody can exist uniquely but also still be somewhat familiar to you.

Quotes by Ruston Kelly

A melody without the right rhythm hardly exists.

Quotes by Rokia Traore

First Quotes

There are certain choices you make as a songwriter, based on vowel sounds and melody and chord changes.

Quotes by Rodney Crowell

I liked the Beatles because there was so much melody. Jimi Hendrix is still one of my heroes.

Quotes by Robert Cray

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

Quotes by Pablo Casals

I always begin to compose the melody first.

Quotes by Nobuo Uematsu

I personally like melodies. And Mani Sharma garu is the Melody Brahma.

Quotes by Nani

Like Quotes

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

Quotes by Mike Stoller

Frequently Asked Questions

What do these melody quotes focus on?
They focus on the songwriting process and the unique role melody plays in holding a piece of music together.
Is there a quote about how a songwriter begins composing?
Yes, one line states that melody is always the first thing composed before anything else in a song.
Does the collection compare melody to other musical elements?
Yes, one quote explains how melody creates continuity out of disjointed ideas, working alongside rhythm and harmony to bring order to music.
Is there a quote about melodies sounding familiar?
Yes, one line observes that a great deal of tune-writing across many songs ends up sounding familiar to listeners. For more musical reflections, see our Like quotes.
Does anyone express personal passion for melody in the collection?
Yes, one quote expresses genuine love for writing both themes and melody as part of the creative process. Continue with our About quotes.

One line notes just how often a fresh tune can still sound familiar, echoing countless songs before it. Continue with our About and First quotes.