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We cling nervously to the melody, but we don't handle it freely, we don't really make anything new out of it, we merely overload it.

— Johannes Brahms

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✓Similar Perspectives

We knew we wanted to put a lot of melody into it - a lot more than what we did on our first album.

— John Otto

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

— Gian Carlo Menotti

A melody is not merely something you can hum.

— Aaron Copland

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.

— Akon

We love great melodies and great songs that have great hooks and melodies, so we start a little bit more on that side as opposed to other people that start more lyric-based. Sometimes we'll do it the other way.

— Dave Haywood

Sometimes I feel like a melody doesn't have anything to do with me, but it's just something that comes, is accumulated from me playing on the piano, and then this little creature just appears.

— Agnes Obel

Once we're inside a tune, we can do anything with it.

— Keith Jarrett

All my music is very simple in that melody is usually clearly stated.

— Carter Burwell

✗Opposing Perspectives

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.

— Florence Welch

We knew that we wanted to play heavy music but I hadn't gotten into melody and things like that.

— Adam Rich