(39 quotes found)
“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
“Melody is an important part of all the music I've written. I think that's why it has been so successful. It's music that sticks in your head.”
Chuck Mangione
“Sorrow has produced more melody than mirth.”
C. Fitzhugh
“Friends do not live in harmony merely, as some say, but in melody”
Henry David Thoreau
“Oh, my luve's like a red, red rose, That's newly sprung in June; Oh, my luve's like the melodie That's sweetly played in tune”
Robert Burns
“Through the darkness I began to see a light; Radiating a sweet melody, like wind on a kite.”
Breanna Casella
“Music allows you the opportunity to explore the depths of your heart and mind. Add words to a melody and you are free to express, bringing new meaning to understanding. A song can bond you to a memory or another soul, unexpectedly. Music, if you listen and feel, speaks louder than any other language in the universe.”
Stacy Maddox
“Life's song is sung by many voices. The words written in overlapping verse. The melody it's power,transcending all barriers. Emotion, carried on notes, played by many hands Each of us carry the words inside. We were born knowing them.”
Jill Hanna
“I think if Unchained Melody does what I think it can do, I think there is an audience out there that would heave a sigh of relief, that finally there is a melody and orchestration, production and a vocalist that is giving them a song that they can just listen to ... and not be annoyed by the vocal acrobatics that vocalists seem to think is impressive.”
Barry Manilow
