Music that comes from the heart - that's the music that moves me.
Elton John can be a master of the sleight of hand. The arrangements make it seem like there are substantial melodies underneath the tracks - but almost nothing demands repeated listenings. Similarly, he always sounds like he's singing up a storm, but his voice glosses over the material, reducing most things to an uninteresting sameness.
The thing that makes me want to proceed and finish a song is when it really touches me and makes me feel something.
Music has a way of getting under your skin.
Ever since I've ever heard music, I thought it should be very clean, very precise - as clean as possible, anyway, and more or less tuned to people. Something they could understand, something that was beautiful, you know?
Donald had reached its further edge, and could hear the rush of the stream from the deep obscurity of the abyss below, when there rose from the opposite side a strain of the most delightful music he had ever heard.
Music waves eternal wands,-- Enchantress of the souls of mortals!
Sometimes what makes a great song is that bittersweet combination - a really heartfelt song, whether good or bad, mixed with something that gets you going.
That's what music is all about, vibes. That's what makes people react and relate to a song, what makes it soulful.
Soft silly music is meaningful, magical.
Something we're really known for is our signature harmonies, our great melodies - stuff that just makes you feel something and moves you.
