Good melody is never out of fashion

If anything I probably gravitate to things with great melodies/harmonies, and interesting/syncopated beats.

Somehow, suddenly, a musical idea occurs to you; either a whole phrase, or three notes, or a series of chords, something that seems pregnant with possibilities for development. Once you have the kinds of ideas that fascinate you, you're no longer in a position to decide the nature of the animal. It's going to take its essence from the musical ideas that occur to you....Some musical ideas are too short, they don't seem long enough to carry you through ten minutes of music, so you have to start searching about for other ideas; contrasting ones that seem to fit with the original ones.

We human beings are tuned such that we crave great melody and great lyrics. And if somebody writes a great song, it's timeless that we as humans are going to feel something for that and there's going to be a real appreciation.

Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard, are sweeter

I am a composer first and foremost, and have always believed that being able to write memorable melodies is what sets musicians apart.

All good music resembles something. Good music stirs by its mysterious resemblance to the objects and feelings which motivated it.

Melody is what makes a song a memory.

Musically I try to connect a common bridge between such exhilarating feelings as performing at the Acropolis, to the emotions each and every one of us feel everyday. In the end, a good melody will always stand the test of time.

When the poets rhyme in the summertime/You'll hear melodies in the words

The most exciting rhythms seem unexpected and complex, the most beautiful melodies simple and inevitable.

Good ideas are infinitely available. We've just limited our availablitly to them. The music's not in the radio.

The best ideas are common property.

A good story works like a musical composition. An idea is presented, elaborated, debated and perhaps defeated, and finally, presented to the reader in a modified, more mature form that embodies the path that was traveled in order to reach that idea. By taking the reader on a journey, we, to a certain extent, can re-create in their experience the thought processes and emotions of our characters. This should be done with compassion, humor, and generosity. But again like music, we can provide a pattern, a symmetry and closure that one seldom encounters in life. That is why reading good writing is pleasurable and fulfilling. That is why listening to good music can induce ecstasy.