#melodie

I was in Paris at an English-language bookstore. I picked up a volume of Dickinson's poetry. I came back to my hotel, read 2,000 of her poems and immediately began composing in my head. I wrote down the melodies even before I got to a piano. ↗

— Gordon Getty

#before #began #bookstore #came #composing

In English, the sounds and melodies I created were an inspiration to me, and words came to me as I explored the sounds, and from there I was able expand on the meaning. ↗

— Utada Hikaru

#came #created #english #expand #explored

Well, what I love about '80s rock music is the amazing, fantastic melodies. ↗

— Julianne Hough

#amazing #fantastic #i #i love #love

Being a purely instrumental album, it makes a musical statement, not a religious one, and I hope that people can feel the emotion of the great melodies, even without the words. ↗

— Kenny G

#being #emotion #even #feel #great

You don't have to know anything about music to understand what I write. Mine are simple melodies. ↗

— Harry Warren

#anything #i #i write #know #melodies

The world is full of poetry. The air is living with its spirit; and the waves dance to the music of its melodies, and sparkle in its brightness. ↗

— James Gates Percival

#brightness #dance #full #living #melodies

I think my melodies are superior to my lyrics. ↗

— Freddie Mercury

#i think #lyrics #melodies #superior #think

Ever since I was a child I've always been very attracted to melodies. Whether I hear Jeff Beck, a choir, an ocean or the wind, there's always a melody in there. ↗

— Carlos Santana

#attracted #beck #been #child #choir

I have to write the songs before I become too enamored with my own melodies. ↗

— Mike Stoller

#before #enamored #i #melodies #my own

When you are accompanying someone, you are listening to them the way you listen to a Bach Chorale, where four parts are going on at the same time, all of which are gorgeous melodies, all being played simultaneously. ↗

— David Amram

#bach #being #chorale #four #going