#melodies

I think my melodies are superior to my lyrics. ↗

— Freddie Mercury

#i think #lyrics #melodies #superior #think

So I write melodies - thirty, forty, fifty - then I cast them off until I have just two or three. If only one is needed, I go see the director and ask him to decide. ↗

— Michel Legrand

#cast #decide #director #fifty #forty

Composing gives me a chance to work in multiple dimensions and helps me pare down my melodies into what is essential. Learning new skills has always energized me and scoring has opened up a world of sonic possibilities. ↗

— Liz Phair

#chance #composing #dimensions #down #essential

Most of those melodies are me trying to find out what notes fit, and then hitting ones that don't fit in a very interesting way. ↗

— Brian Eno

#fit #hitting #interesting #interesting way #me

Some things remain fragments, just the lyrics and melodies or a line or two or a verse. ↗

— Tracy Chapman

#just #line #lyrics #melodies #remain

If you can say the lyrics almost like a poem and they stand up, that's a great thing. Some songs have great lyrics and I don't like the melodies, and vice versa. ↗

— Harry Connick, Jr.

#great #great thing #i #like #lyrics

I have written most of my melodies walking and I feel it is definitely one of the most helpful ways of sewing all of the different things in your life together and seeing the whole picture. ↗

— Bjork

#different #different things #feel #helpful #i

I like to come up with the melodies, and I have a lot of ideas as far as structure goes. ↗

— Steven Tyler

#come #far #goes #i #ideas

A song that sounds simple is just not that easy to write. One of the objectives of this record was to try and write melodies that continue to resonate. ↗

— Sheryl Crow

#easy #just #melodies #objectives #record

For me, the most difficult thing is that I am learning melodies on guitar from some songs whose melodies were not meant to be played on guitar. Ever. They were intended mostly for keyboards or melodic percussion. ↗

— Dweezil Zappa

#cult thing #difficult #difficult thing #ever #guitar