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Melody is a form of remembrance. It must have a quality of inevitability in our ears.

Music is about textures as well as melody.

A melody without the right rhythm hardly exists.

Melody is the single most important thing to any song, period. I don't care what anybody says, it trumps everything. Not because that's my opinion but because I think it's actually indisputable fact. The human brain retains melody easier than it retains words. It's that simple.

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.

Melody has a certain way that it projects back to you. It triggers certain nerves in your body and certain instincts that normally wouldn't be triggered by a normal voice.

People live their lives through melodies. If you can't sing, then music is worthless.

The point about melody and beat and lyric is that they exist to engage you in a very particular way. They want to occupy your attention.

I've always been able to just concoct a melody quite easily - it's just kind of instinct, really. You've got to channel your subconscious.

There are only so many notes so there must be only so many melodies.