Jasper Fforde

In the creative industries, there are few things more exciting than a zinger - a thought, idea, line, plot device - anything really, that just totally works in a fundamentally new and fresh way. It's like a uniquely lovely melody or a new taste idea in cooking. Something special, something new, something wonderful. They're also very rare.

British Novelist

B. B. King

Sometimes I just think that there are more things to be said to make the audience understand what I'm trying to do more. When I'm singing, I don't want you to just hear the melody. I want you to relive the story, because most of the songs have pretty good storytelling.

American Musician

George Jones

There's nothing prettier in the world than a melody. I can get lost in a song with a melody. A lot of times I have, and the song wasn't that good, but I would get lost in that melody, and I'd want to do the song.

Future

I know melody. I know rhythm; I know bass guitar; I know the piano. I know everything about music that helps build the music that go along with creating the whole art form, you know what I'm saying?

Jasmine Cephas Jones

Writing 'Blue Bird' gave me strength, courage, and power from my own words and melodies in a time when I needed it the most.

American Actress

Maya Angelou

I admire people who dare to take the language, English, and understand it and understand the melody.

American Poet

India Arie

I'm not just making rhymes and making melodies. I'm expressing my true life force, energy.

Lee DeWyze

Melodies are important. I always kind of pride myself on my melodies.

Ari Lennox

The world likes trap and EDM unless it's a fire melody.

Arthur Schopenhauer

Music is the melody whose text is the world.

German Philosopher

Melodies often convey emotion, setting the mood for a song or piece.

Musical Emotion

A 'catchy' melody is easy to remember and makes you want to sing along.

Catchiness Factor

The melody can be what distinguishes one song from another.

Musical Identity

While the melody stands out, it's supported by chords and rhythms.

Harmonic Support

In duets or bands, melodies can interact like a conversation.

Musical Dialogue

Different instruments can change the character of a melody.

Instrumental Voice

Melody can narrate a story or concept without words.

Musical Storytelling

Melodies often reflect cultural or historical contexts.

Cultural Signature

Short melodies, or motifs, can represent characters or ideas.

Memorable Motifs

 that the result might pass the Lovelace Test. More importantly, thanks to the presence of human aesthetic in the process, we'll theoretically generate melodies we would consider beautiful. But does this satisfy our intuition for what is truly creative? Is it enough to make something original and beautiful,

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 whether it's song lyrics combining perfectly with a melody, the thematic content of a painting heightened by its use of colors and brushstrokes, or the well constructed plot of a novel conveyed through perfectly crafted sentences. Most importantly, the network of associations formed by ideasethesia

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 But when I was a kid, this was my very favorite word, and I think it's because it has a pitch. It has a melody. You can almost see the shape as it springs from someone's mouth. "Indey" -- it dips, and then raises again. And as a musician and composer, when I hear that word,

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 But the most famous parts of this underwater symphony are the evocative melodies, or songs, composed by the world's largest mammals, whales. Whale songs are one of the most sophisticated communication systems in the animal kingdom.

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