“Singing in Spanish is much more honest, much closer to my roots. For me, Spanish is essential. I still think in Spanish, dream in Spanish. It's the melodies and arrangements that transmit meaning.” ThinkingStillsDreamHonestEssentialsSingingRootsMelodyArrangementsTransmit Author:Juanes
“Melodies are just honest. They can only be what they are. Words have the capacity for deception. Theyre all full of subtext, and some of them are cliche and overused and vernacular. Theyre tricky. All I can say is, words are tricky.” I CanHonestCapacityDeceptionMelodyClicheTrickyVernacularSubtextOverused Author:Andrew Bird
“All the big pop acts that I've been into over the years - whether it's ABBA or Prince - managed to combine amazing melodies and honest human emotion. But coming out of the super-super-commerical pop industry in the 90s, maybe people forgot about the fact that pop music can do both of those things.” PeopleYearsHumansFactsBigsCan DoEmotionHonestIndustryPopsMelodyComing OutPop MusicHuman EmotionsAbba Author:Robyn
“Lyrics are what I tend to tear hair out over and they're where I tend to feel weak musically, if I'm being very honest. It is not something I feel like I know anything about; I would not consider myself a writer. I just want to sing, I just want to sing a melody, I just want to feel a melody, and be part of the song, and everything else is not so important.” IfsKnowsWantFeelsImportantSongHonestTearsHairWeakMelody Author:Zach Condon
“I think it's good to have a balance. Everything I write about, it's not something I necessarily might have went through, there's songs where I might have an idea, sometimes it might be a melody or something that I like, I make up a story to go with that melody. But I do think it's most important to have honest songs.” ThinkingWritingImportantIdeasSometimesStoriesMightSongHonestBalanceMelody Author:Leon Bridges
“Whichever kind of music I was making it was all about the melody anyway. The kind of music I'm making now is the way it is because I'm being 100% honest with myself.” WayKindHonestMelody Author:Jarryd James