“I don't know why I write really depressing songs. I'm a kind of melancholy guy, I suppose. But I figure I'm about normal.” KnowsWritingKindGuySongFiguresNormalMelancholyDepressingReally Depressing Author:Townes Van Zandt
“Sweet bird that shunn'st the nose of folly, Most musical, most melancholy! Thee, chauntress, oft, the woods among, I woo, to hear thy even-song.” SongSweetBirdMusicalWoodsTheeNosesFollyMelancholyNightingales Author:John Milton
“The first thing about a song is that it has to be real, be lived; it has to be emotional, and melancholic. I don't mean sad. Melancholy is sort of a comfort. Melancholy has a sort of beauty to it. This attracts me to every other form of art.” FirstsMeanArtRealFormSongEmotionEmotionalComfortMelancholyBeing Real Author:Keren Ann
“They say that no one's gonna play this on the radio. They said the melancholy blues were dead and gone. But only songs like these played in minor keys, keep those memories holding on.” SaidPlaySongMemoriesGoneKeysRadioMelancholyMinorsThey SaidHolding On Author:Billy Joel
“I've always been a fan of melody and emotional melancholy, whether it was Rites of Spring or Tears for Fears or Neil Young. If I hear a song that has a sweet melody, I'm a sucker for it, whether it's Linkin Park or Little Richard.” IfsLittlesYoungSongFansTearsEmotionalSweetSpringParksMelodyMelancholySuckerRiteLinkin Park Author:Dave Grohl