“In our whole life melody the music is broken off here and there by rests, and we foolishly think we have come to the end of time. God sends a time of forced leisure, a time of sickness and disappointed plans, and makes a sudden pause in the hymns of our lives, and we lament that our voice must be silent and our part missing in the music which ever goes up to the ear of our Creator. Not without design does God write the music of our lives. Be it ours to learn the time and not be dismayed at the rests. If we look up, God will beat the time for us.” IfsThinkingWritingLooksDoeEndsWholeLife IsVoiceChristianityOur LivesPlansMissingDesignBrokenMusic IsBeatsEarsSilentCreatorWhole LifeGods WillLook UpSicknessMelodyDisappointedLeisurePausesEnd TimesHere And ThereHymnsLamentDismayed Author:John Ruskin
“What I really miss these days in music - is the music. I prefer to listen to melodies and songs, not just sounds.” InspirationalSongSoundMissingMusic IsThese DaysMelodyListen To Me Author:Dave Grohl
“There is no music in a “rest” that I know of, but there's the making of music in it. And people are always missing that part of the life melody.” PeopleKnowsMissingMelody Book:The Ethics of the Dust: Ten Lectures to Little Housewives on the Elements of Crystallisation Source: The Ethics of the Dust: Ten Lectures to Little Housewives on the Elements of Crystallisation
“[On Elizabeth Barrett Browning:] ... for finish, and melody of versification, there is nothing approaching to Miss Barrett in this day, or in any other - also for diction. Her words paint.” MissingPoetPaintMelodyThis DayDiction Author:Mary Russell Mitford
“Wherever inspiration comes from, it's like I'll hear a melody and chords, almost a rough structure of the whole thing [song]. I'll just hear it and chase what's in my head. The rest comes from jamming with band, improvising, seeing what comes up as well. I'll come up with it off the top of my head, catch it, sing and hum, and if something is missing, just jam, and that's the [songwriting] process.” IfsWellsWholeInspirationSongProcessSeeingMissingBandStructureCome UpRoughMelodySongwritingWriting ProcessChordsJamImprovising Author:Chris Wyse
“I miss the romance. I keep saying this over and over again, but dance follows music. And if the accent today is percussion and rhythm and loudness, then that is the way the dance numbers will be. But it is pretty hard on romance with seven guitars, three drums, and no melody instruments in the band.” IfsWayHardTodayRomanceThreeNumbersMissingBandInstrumentsSevenGuitarRhythmMelodyAccentsPercussion Author:Gene Kelly