Top 189 Melodic Quotes & Sayings

I grew up with so many different sounds, and 'Lost' allows me to express all of it, the melodic and the atonal.

I want to keep Flume kind of experimental, weird, melodic, pretty.

I play guitar and I love the Beatles and melodic music.

I grew up in Southern California and always loved melodic pop music.

I have a very strange melodic gift: melodies come to me effortlessly.

What So Not used to be a lot more dance-y, and now it's becoming a lot more melodic. Flume has always had that melodic thing, but it's starting to become a bit heavier, so it's just difficult to navigate between the two.

My core thing is gangster rap, but a lot of my music is melodic and carries a message of survival.

Fast is only cool if it's melodic and has substance.

I think what makes me stand out from the rest is my melodic style combined with my voice, which has a distinct character to it.

When I did my rock band, I pined for a more soulful sound. I wanted music that was very melodic and blues-based.

I like what I hear other guys doing, but the thing that really attracts me is melodic playing.

I became a melodic writer after 'Gunn.'

I believe very strongly in having melodic hooks, whether they're short or intricate, that you really remember in a movie.

I realized by using the high notes of the chords as a melodic line, and by the right harmonic progression, I could play what I heard inside me. That's when I was born.

For several centuries what has passed for song in literary circles was any text that looked like the lyrics for a commonplace melodic setting.

But over a period of time It's the melodic things that are in my head all day.

I am a self-taught guitarist. I just try to piece together passages that have some melodic value!

I love the ukulele. It's got a beautiful, melodic tone to it. There's something innocent and romantic, and it's just a grand instrument to play.

You have to follow every melodic line, every emotional idea, or you don't get your money's worth.

My music has always been strong in melodic content.

Chop Suey!' was really heavy, but it had a lot of melodic parts. It was fast and frenzy.

I’ve started thinking about pure electronic music again. Something very melodic, very aggressive.

People respond to something melodic.

I think the B-52's were a huge influence on Sleater-Kinney. The way that there'd be a really interesting guitar line that'd be really melodic and kind of simplistic, I really related to that. The sense of melody is really intense and fun. It's not just traditional song structures, but it's very melodic and draws you in, in kind of an immediate way.

The sounds of anger are not melodic.

The pianist Cecil Taylor is extremely melodic; the guitarist Derek Bailey is extremely melodic, and Ornette Coleman.

It was Skrillex who got me into dubstep. He made it melodic - not just a bunch of crazy sounds.

As far as the melodic style, I feel like I'm in my own lane.

My favorite solos are all very melodic. Those are the ones that are the most memorable.

The music I write is very melodic, very catchy, and fast.

Melodic songs that people can relate to has always been our thing.

Just because something is very technical or heavy doesn't mean that it's not melodic.

Emo: e-mo 1. A much-maligned, mocked, and misunderstood term for melodic, expressive, and confessional punk rock.

I love melodic tunes and I think Kannada listeners have an ear for romantic songs.

She laughed, and the sound was so melodic that I knew I wanted to hear it again.

I love playing the melodic stuff. I love adding textures and colors.

When punk came along, it made perfect sense to me. I found it melodic. The Clash, Buzzcocks.

I always liked music that was melodic, but that had something a bit more wonky and odd going on too.

I'm more interested in melodic things. I think the biggest challenge when you go to play a solo is trying to invent a melody on the spot.

If the chords change a lot over the course of a song, it's better to stay within the same melodic structure.

We were just four unknown, aspiring Australian musicians singing happy, uplifting, melodic and inspiring songs, and being true to ourselves.

Usually for me, the melodic structures come out in the water and the lyrical ideas could come from a book I'm reading.

You hear a Willie Nelson solo, he doesn't play real fast, but it's so melodic and beautiful. It's kind of, to be human is to have space and not show all your stuff all the time.

In a way, composing on the melodic level is an expression of a melodic truth, almost like a geometric truth. If it has clarity, other people will recognize it. There's no way of isolating it in a gallery on a white wall and saying, "This is a work of art. This is a mathematical proof."

Yeah, on the records, the guitars are made melodic, and I try to make it memorable. There's not much just wanking, to be honest - it's mostly melodic parts. I try not to play too many notes. It's just more instrumental music. It's a totally valid criticism if you don't like that kind of thing. It also is maybe a little anachronistic or unnecessary in a certain way.

Basically, I'm a melodic writer.

I think that the melodic piece of the puzzle in music is the most esoteric and difficult to quantify.

Women in music have always been associated with pop - with prettiness, theatricality, melodic hooks and dance beats.

Woodrell's storytelling is as melodic, jangly and energetic as a good banjo riff.... Sammy Barlach's story is a tragedy, but the telling of it is a pleasure.

A song can't be completely serious if you rhyme melodic with alcoholic.

[Loco De Amor is] a euphoric, melodic romp across the hemisphere... A joyful, fun musician's record from a really good guitarist

I've made three studio albums and one live one with my brother. It's melodic singer-songwriter acoustic-rock music.

Just because something is melodic or catchy doesn't mean that it doesn't have depth and substance and progressive sensibilities.

Poetry is a lyrical insinuation. Often, its melodic subtlety kisses the subconscious mind.

I was in awe sometimes listening to Mick Taylor . Everything was there in his playing - the melodic touch, a beautiful sustain and a way of reading a song.

As far as I'm concerned, the essentials of jazz are: melodic improvisation, melodic invention, swing, and instrumental personality.

Melodic invention is one of the surest signs of a divine gift.

Chopin's rubato possessed an unshakeable emotional logic. It always justified itself by a strengthening or weakening melodic line, by exaggeration or affectation.

I'm a fan of Miguel's; he's a friend of mine. I like melodic music, you know?

I love most melodic music - classical, reggae, big band, jazz, blues, country, pop, swing, folk.