Melodic Refrain Quotes

For me, a story begins with music: I feel the rhythm, the cadence, the pulse of the characters and their voices and the setting. Because I had just finished writing a book called 'Black Potatoes: The Story of the Great Irish Famine,' I was already filled with the music of the lives and culture of the Irish people, so I thought, why not use it?

Lyrics are coming to you all the time. I get inspiration in the middle of the night.

I love to sing - whenever I am not on set, I am usually in my room jamming out with my guitar.

The only thing better than singing is more singing.

I don't really write songs anymore.

A poet is a nightingale, who sits in darkness and sings to cheer its own solitude with sweet sounds.

Every time I get up in the morning, melodies occur to me and I start trying to shape lyrics to melodies.

I like to be alone and listen to music. Every match I play, I have a tune in my head over and over. It might only be a few words or a small piece of the tune, but it can drive you mad.

Through most of my life, music has been like a radio that plays and plays in my head.

I'm a melody guy. To me, that's a musical souvenir people take from a movie. They remember a theme or a feeling, and if they've had a good or bad experience it evokes that sensation whenever they hear it again.

Sometimes I play guitar like a frustrated drummer.

The song came out to be a gem, just came out to be a really, really interesting rendition of it.

Usually, I'll just be walking from my house to somewhere else, and melodies and words will start coming up, and I'll have to run home to write it all down.

It's rare for me to sit in a room with my guitar and feel like I can't stop playing, because it just sounds so good.

I am a person who sings. I know not everyone is, but that won't keep the Spirit from putting a song in your heart.

As a kid, on the cotton fields, I had this tune in my head. I hummed it and sang it. It was the same melody as 'When A Man Loves A Woman.' I could never, ever forget it.

I appreciate a songwriter like Morrissey with so much restraint.

I've been able to carve my way out with lyrics and melodies.

I play the piano when I'm alone at home in the evening. Sometimes for friends when we are together, singing together, to create a nice atmosphere.

Music is a gift to all of us.

A cantor, when he starts singing, it's like rain - once it starts, it's hard to stop.

I write while I'm walking, on little scraps of paper. If I have a melody going, I can feel it for days.

The blues tells a story. Every line of the blues has a meaning.

To sing a simple round is truly an enlightening experience.

The only thing that I miss lately in all music is somebody that will put out a melody that you can whistle. It doesn't seem like there's anything happening like that.