A melody without the right rhythm hardly exists.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
A melody is not merely something you can hum.
There are only so many notes so there must be only so many melodies.
Why can't jazz musicians just leave a melody alone?
Music creates order out of chaos: for rhythm imposes unanimity upon the divergent, melody imposes continuity upon the disjointed, and harmony imposes compatibility upon the incongruous.
Melody is a form of remembrance. It must have a quality of inevitability in our ears.
The writing of a melody is an emotional moment; success doesn't make it easy.
A rhyme doesn't make a song.
Sometimes the magnetism of a song is impossible to ignore, and it demands that it be sung in a certain way.
There is a musical rhythm to great writing, especially if it's performed correctly.
I never think about rhythm versus melody; I've always just played to what's in my head.