A. R. Rahman
A. R. Rahman

I love great lyrics, and I love the way it could shape a tune into a very unpredictable one, and I also like taking a great melody and putting lyrics into it.

Aaron Copland
Aaron Copland

A melody is not merely something you can hum.

Aaron Dessner
Aaron Dessner

I do have a way of playing piano where it's very melodic and emotional, but then often it's great if whoever's singing doesn't sing exactly what's in the piano melody, but maybe it's connected in some way.

Adam Rich
Adam Rich

Hopefully people can look at our band and see that we're a heavy rock band. We're definitely not a metal band, but we're a band that focuses on meaningful lyrics and melody.

Adam Rich
Adam Rich

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

Adam Schlesinger
Adam Schlesinger

As a writer, I find it very satisfying when a lyric suddenly ties together more neatly than you expected it to. But for the listener, hearing a good lyric is not generally as exciting as hearing a great beat or a great riff or a great melody or even a distinctive singing voice for the first time.

Agnes Obel
Agnes Obel

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.

Akon
Akon

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.

Al Yankovic
Al Yankovic

A lot of rap songs don't usually have a lot of melody per se.

Alan Menken
Alan Menken

Songs should have an infectious melody and rhythm.